Don't know how she identified it. I'll ask her. She knew all about 23andme and
someone who had
registered his DNA there.

As for the entire genome, I don't think so. With 3.2 billion base pairs, I doubt
anyone would go
to the trouble.

John

--- Alexandra Fiona Dixon <alexandra@...> wrote:

> Hmmm, I googled that sequence of bases and didn't come up with anything.
> You mean to say, the whole human genome isn't indexed somewhere???
>
> Seriously, how did Honeybee identify that sequence?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lobert" <johnlobert@...>
> To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CipherChallenge] Re: Genome Cipher?
>
>
> > Dave:
> >
> > Wish I could take credit for it, but I can't. It was fellow ACA member
> > HONEYBEE who figured it out. The rest of this group should join us!
> >
> > John
> > KEYSTONE
> >
> > Dave Smith <aca_photon@...> wrote:
> > Nice work!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > keystonejcl <johnlobert@...> wrote:
> > 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%
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> >> To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CipherChallenge%
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> >> 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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