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    THE kangaroo is far more closely related to humans than previously thought, Australian researchers say.

    Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics (KanGO) released today the first detailed map of the kangaroo genome.

    Genomes are the full set of genes and DNA in a species.

    KanGO director Professor Jenny Graves said the historic research would help scientists understand how the genes worked and how humans evolved.

    "Kangaroos are hugely informative about what we were like 150 million years ago,'' Professor Graves said.

    "We go back in time and compare ourselves with a mouse and a kangaroo and a platypus and a chicken and that tells us how our genomes evolved.

    "It's kind of like looking at the stars and trying to imagine the big bang.''

    Humans and kangaroos last shared an ancestor at least 150m years ago, while mice and humans diverged only 70 million years ago.

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    Lol and some people refused to believe that man and ape shared a common ancestor. Awesome.
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    This is really not WTF news. Of course we share some genes; we're both mammals... Humans share genes with all mammals, and for that matter all eukaryotes. We share over 70% of our genes with fruit flies according to this CNN piece, or rather "about 61% of known human disease genes have a recognizable match in the genetic code of fruit flies," according to this NASA interview), so you're surprised that we share genes with another mammal?

    And that ignorant idiot Palin spoke out about how fruit fly research is a waste of tax dollars. After having a science-phobic administration for the last 8 years, we dodged the bullet this time.



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    So my dream of one day sexing up a 'roo lives on. Sweet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    So my dream of one day sexing up a 'roo lives on. Sweet.
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    Now, numbers and odds, that's what gets me off.
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    I wonder if it would turn out looking something awful like that pig. Someone must post pictures of what the child of djwolford and a kangaroo would look like. Go!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Icarus View Post
    I wonder if it would turn out looking something awful like that pig. Someone must post pictures of what the child of djwolford and a kangaroo would look like. Go!
    If I get around to it, I will take a picture of myself in 'roo pose and do some crap MSPaint work. It will be an accurate representation of what a djwolforoo would look like because that's what I do. I make pictures about what the offspring of myself and other random animals would look like. There, I said it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    I make pictures about what the offspring of myself and other random animals would look like. There, I said it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    So my dream of one day sexing up a 'roo lives on. Sweet.
    you must care for it, because one day I would like to sex up the child.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vengeful Scars View Post
    you must care for it, because one day I would like to sex up the child.
    Of course, I always take care of my offspring one way or another.
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    So I got my camera back today to take a picture of myself in 'roo pose, and realized that there was no memory card in it. Between that and the batteries being discharged I'm thinking about disowning my immediate family.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    So I got my camera back today to take a picture of myself in 'roo pose, and realized that there was no memory card in it. Between that and the batteries being discharged I'm thinking about disowning my immediate family.
    You're as dumb as a roo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toki
    Oh, gives to me opposites werewolves that turns to humans whens the moons comes outs!
    Quote Originally Posted by Toki
    We's not goes downs that dusty roads again!
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    At least I don't bitch about not having a cry smiley.
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    At least I don't try to pose as a kangaroo.
    I hear the voices inside my head. They counsel me. They understand. They talk to me.

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    Your mom is a kangaroo.
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    I'm a kangaroo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    Your mom is a kangaroo.
    You mom is under me.
    I hear the voices inside my head. They counsel me. They understand. They talk to me.

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    Wait, now she's on top.
    I hear the voices inside my head. They counsel me. They understand. They talk to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepsi View Post
    Wait, now she's on top.
    You couldn't handle my mom little man. She's got minimum dix requirements.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djwolford View Post
    You couldn't handle my mom little man. She's got minimum dix requirements.
    Damn it...I'm just under her 8 inch limit.
    I hear the voices inside my head. They counsel me. They understand. They talk to me.

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