11-May-2007, 06:29 AM
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Fortunately, the honey bee was selected for genome mapping earlier, which may prove invaluable in solving the current problem:
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January 7, 2004
...The honey bee genome is about one-tenth the size of the human genome, containing about 300 million DNA base pairs. Though physically vastly different from humans, "honey bees live in societies that rival our own in complexity, internal cohesion, and success in dealing with the myriad challenges posed by social life, including those related to communication, aging, social dysfunction and infectious disease," the researchers explain... ENS
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