Scientists have succeeded in sequencing the genome of the domestic cat, seventh mammals including humans which all genes have been identified thus far, opening a potential new medical research for humans and cats.
This work published Wednesday in the journal Genome Research, was conducted by American scientists on the DNA of a cat Abyssinian four years called Cinnamon (cinnamon), whose lineage goes back several generations in Sweden. Cinnamon is a mammal currently subject of a comparative analysis with other genetic research already conducted on cats as well as sequencing genomes of other mammals. The geneticists of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York, east) were able to identify 20,285 genes that form the genome of a cat. Continue reading →