One of my favorite blogs, Neatorama, put up a link to a interesting internet find… a Japanese snack called Gorilla Boogers. Leave it to the Japanese to integrate ‘Engrish’, primates, and amazing marketing tactics. Gorilla Boogers are described by the originating blog, Tokyomango, as “a bunch of raisin-like black beans, I think, but they’re marketed [...]
February 17, 2007
Making sense of the scrambled Gibbon genome
Remember when I told you that the genome of the gibbon was to be sequenced, all the way back in July of 2006? At that time, I assumed it will be finished sooner than the 3 years the NHGRI planned out for the project. Well, I think my estimatation is right on track…. however researchers [...]
