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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Partial Cat Genome Sequenced, May Aid Human Medicine


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Cinnamon, a four-year-old Abyssinian cat, bats at a toy.

The purebred animal's DNA was used to create the first partial genome of the domestic cat. The feat could help researchers better understand—and one day find treatments for—a variety of feline and human diseases.

Photograph courtesy University of Missouri-Columbia/AP Photo