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| Scientists claim to understand women |
| 2008-05-26 |
| DUTCH scientists say they have mapped the full genetic sequence of a woman for the first time. "It's the first woman in the world and the first European whose DNA sequence will be made public," the researchers at Leiden University Medical Centre in the western Netherlands said. "The DNA sequence and its analyses will be published soon, except for some private details," it said. "The sequencing of a woman allows a better understanding of the X-chromosome," the gene thread associated with female characteristics, said Gert-Jan van Ommen, head of the team that carried out the study. Four other genomes had been mapped previously, all of them men. The genome refers to all of the genes that characterise the human species, determining individual traits including a person's proneness to certain diseases. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Any man who tells you he understands women is a liar. Period. At least half the time they don't even understand themselves, primarily because they have a really problematic habit of overthinking things men would consider as simple. |
| Posted by: Chinegum McGurque5166 2008-05-26 22:25 |
| #7 I'm a scientist, and I have never dated a woman. No doubt, Angie. But do you understand them? ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-05-26 21:29 |
| #6 LOL Angie. Any doubts about the rest of my wild theories? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-05-26 21:07 |
| #5 Not that there's anything wrong with that - Seinfeld |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-26 21:06 |
| #4 The only men who wouldn't know this are scientists, who prolly have rarely dated, much less married, a woman. It's true -- I'm a scientist, and I have never dated a woman. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2008-05-26 20:46 |
| #3 Yup, bad science. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-05-26 20:18 |
| #2 DUTCH scientists say they have mapped the full genetic sequence of a woman for the first time. Bah! Any man who's been around women for any length of time knows that everything changes at whim: attitude, emotions, your standing as a man (lol), and likely including DNA. They are real shape-shifters. The only men who wouldn't know this are scientists, who prolly have rarely dated, much less married, a woman. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-05-26 19:51 |
| #1 Just in time for TERMINATOR III! No,BLADERUNNER??? Japanese anime mutant strippers??? Gut nuthin. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-26 19:50 |