We already knew the entire mouse genome PDF Print E-mail
 After 10 years of research failed to discover the whole mouse genome - informs the letter "PLoS Biology". Mouse genome (Mus musculus) is only the second (after the human) genome of a mammal, which could be examined in its entirety. A preliminary analysis performed for the chimpanzee, dog, rat, cat, rhesus . How shown by the analysis of scientists from Sweden, the United States and Great Britain, the laboratory mouse genome differs from the more than human - up to 25 percent of mouse genes has is different than in humans. This implies differences in the behavior of human beings and mice, which is of great importance for medicine - the mouse is the animal most often used for laboratory tests. Knowing the differences between species, the mouse can be used for research, in which the biology of human and mouse are identical.
 
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