The Genome News Network sez:

The Genome News Network sez: “The first head-to-head comparison of draft human and mouse genome sequences can be summarized in one word — fourteen. Fourteen genes on mouse chromosome 16 are not found in humans.” How do you like that? Out of more than 700 genes on chromosome 16, mice got everything we got, PLUS fourteen extra genes. Pretty sad, if you ask me. What genes do you think they are? The stay-really-small gene (TNY), the beady-eyes gene (BDII), and the be-furry-and-have-a-skinny-pink-tail (FZY) gene. I’m betting that’s three of them right there. How do I submit papers to Science? It also brings to mind a fun experiment: make a knockout mouse that’s missing all fourteen of those genes. Then stand back!