On 27 Jun 2000, at 19:00, Johnson, Tracy wrote:

> I can see it now, when they finally get all the unmapped parts
> together there will appear the following display on their
> genome table:
>
>  H
>    A
>      -
>       H
>        A
>         .
>         M
>         A
>        D
>       E
>      -
>    Y
>   O
>  U
> -
> L
>  O
>   O
>    K
>     !

I'm betting that it is more likely to say:

i
 f
  y
  o
    u
   c
     a
    n
  r
e
a
  d
    t
     h
    i
   s
  t
h
  e
   n
  y
o
u
  a
    r
      e
     t
    o
   o
 c
l
o
  s
    e

Wirt,  I'll guess no more than 18,000 distinct human genes and
probably closer to 12,000.  Nature seems to love repetition at the
brick level.  It's the the way that she lays them that seems to make
all the difference.
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