And the answer is:

It's DNA from human chromosome 11. Each segment is expanded by two
markers with the rest repeating. Sorry, but no secret code...

John

--- In CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Roberts"
<t.roberts@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexandra,
>
> Yes, I think it's far more likely to be a repeating 29-amino acid
peptide, or something (I'm trying to sound knowedgable here) rather
than a cipher.....
>
> Tim
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Alexandra Fiona Dixon [mailto:alexandra@...]
> Sent: Sat 16-Jun-07 3:13 AM
> To: CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CipherChallenge] Genome Cipher?
>
>
>
> Nothing other than that it would be somewhat inelegant to just
dump a bunch
> of codons into the source code and leave it at that. Wishful
thinking,
> maybe!?
>
> Is the sequence long enough to actually code for a protein? Maybe
job
> applicants are supposed to name the protein...
>
> A'a
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lobert" <johnlobert@... <mailto:johnlobert%
40sbcglobal.net> >
> To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CipherChallenge%
40yahoogroups.com> >
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [CipherChallenge] Genome Cipher?
>
> >I agree with you on all that. I'm just asking what leads you to
believe
> >that she wanted the reader to do something with the sequence in
the source
> >other than discovering it?
> >
> > John
>
>
>
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