Since biology has become an information science, said Eric S. Lander, a mathematician-turned-geneticist who directs the Broad Institute, “the premium now is on being able to interpret the data.” That is why quantitative-minded geeks from mathematics, physics and computer science have flocked to biology.
The future is going to be in the merger of biology and CS.
Embryonically, snakes actually do have limb buds, but they go away as development continues. Snakes actually have the proper homeotic genes to specify limbs, just like humans, insects, and other animals do.
This will become increasingly valuable as genomic sequencing gets cheaper. It's great that it's open source, and I hope researchers start submitting new SNPs (and other mutations) that they find.
lol yeah I know. I just found it interesting none-the-less.
Perhaps the best quote out of the article is:
Since biology has become an information science, said Eric S. Lander, a mathematician-turned-geneticist who directs the Broad Institute, “the premium now is on being able to interpret the data.” That is why quantitative-minded geeks from mathematics, physics and computer science have flocked to biology.
The future is going to be in the merger of biology and CS.
Embryonically, snakes actually do have limb buds, but they go away as development continues. Snakes actually have the proper homeotic genes to specify limbs, just like humans, insects, and other animals do.
This will become increasingly valuable as genomic sequencing gets cheaper. It's great that it's open source, and I hope researchers start submitting new SNPs (and other mutations) that they find.