By Kevin E. Noonan — The “genome revolution” over the past 30 years has resulted in the elucidation of several species, both domesticated (see, e.g., “The Genetic Basis of Coat Variation in Dogs”; “Further and More Detailed Study of Domestic Cat Genome”; “Chicken Origins Established (But Philosophical Questions Remain)”; “Rose Genome Reveals Its Exquisite Complexities”) and not (“Red Fox Genome Sheds Light on Domesticated Dogs (and Maybe Humans)”; “Lowland Gorilla Genome Sequenced”; “Giraffe Genome Reveals Relevant Adaptations”; “Genome Structure of the American Cockroach”). Recently, a group of researchers from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom published the results…
