Re: Part 1 (of 3): What are major aspects of evolutionary theory?

Steve Schaffner wrote:

> John Harshman <jharshman.diespamdie@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>
>>>I was expecting something like 90% would
>>>be aligned across all five genomes, orders of magnitude more. Is that
>>>hundred thousands guess just for *known* sequences among the very few
>>>gibbon and orangutan parts that have been sequenced to date?
>>
>>I have no idea what you're trying to ask here. The guess is for
>>homologous sequences that have been sequenced for all five species.
>>There being no gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon genome projects, you
>>shouldn't expect 90% of any of those genomes to have been sequenced.
>
>
> Note: orang sequencing is just about finished, and gorilla sequencing
> is starting, so there should be more genomes soon.
>
I stand partially corrected. I presume there is not yet a published
draft. Any other primates in the queue?

For that matter, are there any bird genome projects I don't know about?

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