What’s in your DNA? #11

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted September 23, 2007 in In Your DNA

Is it my imagination or do references to DNA and genetics seem to be more frequent than ever?

In an article about the science of postcodes, Jasper Gerard writes:

It’s in the DNA of the British to keep up appearances. Even the Queen patches her carpets.

Firefighter Pat McElroy responding to another firefighter’s complaints (via I Speak of Dreams):

Like soldiers, firefighters are known for a number of traits, but one that is genetically implanted is b*tching.

Rick LePage writing at Macworld on Adobe and Apple:

Yes, 25 years after its founding, Adobe’s DNA is still part of Apple.

Xun at Emma and Annya:

I am a parent frugal by nature (inherited the genes); by upbringing (born and raised with a scarcity in everything, food, books, no toys to speak of) and by reality (two little kids, a meager income, and burning desire for the kids to become something).

Holland Cotter of the New York Times (HT: Kristina):

“Bridging East and West: The Chinese Diaspora and Lin Yutang” weaves like a DNA strand through the Metropolitan Museum’s Chinese galleries. Focused on a single-family art collection, the show has the casual logic of a household photo album, with evidence of shared habits, tastes and temperaments, and of rapport between generations.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna

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Comment by Ian B Gibson

2007-09-23 14:10:58

Yep, five paragraphs all with genetics references. That’s a frequency of 1 – there’s no arguing with those figures.

Oh, but you missed one:

Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007 Oct;46(10):909-13

The recent description of a new X chromosome tumor suppressor gene, WTX, that is commonly inactivated in Wilms’ tumor prompted us to examine the possible involvement of WTX in a case of Wilms’ tumor containing an apparently balanced reciprocal translocation between chromosomes X and 18 (t(X;18)(q11;p11)). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of paraffin tumor sections indeed revealed a deletion of the WTX locus at Xq11. High-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) analysis of tumor DNA revealed a 1.5 Mb chromosome deletion encompassing the WTX gene at Xq11.

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Comment by Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

2007-09-23 14:19:27

Thanks for the comment, Ian. You got me.

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Comment by Kristina

2007-09-24 03:26:04

Must be something in the genes, I meant water…….

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Comment by Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

2007-09-24 09:14:35

Kristina, I’ve sworn off genes in my water but it’s not easy.

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Comment by Patrick Quek

2007-09-24 09:02:25

Woot! You on Techcrunch, hehe.

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Comment by Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

2007-09-24 09:13:34

Whoa. So I am. That’s what you get for having “nosy” in your DNA.

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Comment by David Bradley

2007-09-24 11:43:55

I can’t quite picture a bunch of firefighters bitching somehow…oooh scratch yer eyes out…

db

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Comment by Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

2007-09-24 11:49:38

Sounds like British firefighters behave differently than American ones? hahaa

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Comment by David Bradley

2007-09-24 12:09:22

This guy lists quite a few other examples, but doesn’t mention firefighters once…

http://homepage.mac.com/pdandrews1/inmydna.html

db

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Comment by Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

2007-09-24 12:13:33

Yes. The original article by Paul Andrews inspired this series!

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