Hi,

When bioscientists encounter a sequence, ususally the first thing they
do is do a BLAST (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/) search. The
sequence you posted gives a nice hit at human chromosome 11.

Regards,
Wolfgang

John Lobert schrieb:
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>
> 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@...
> <mailto:alexandra%40t-hunts.com>> wrote:
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> > 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@...
> <mailto:johnlobert%40sbcglobal.net>>
> > To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:CipherChallenge%40yahoogroups.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@... <mailto:aca_photon%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> > > Nice work!
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > keystonejcl <johnlobert@...
> <mailto:johnlobert%40sbcglobal.net>> 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
> <mailto:CipherChallenge%40yahoogroups.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
> <mailto:CipherChallenge%40yahoogroups.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
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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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