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Pastor Chui Human Genome in Meltdown
This is a 7.5-minute sermon from science. Researchers show that the human genome has been succumbed to deleterious mutations for only about 5000 years to 10000 years for both European Americans and African Americans. Therefore, this is compatible with young ages for humans on earth. Calculations of human populations also indicate that humans have been on earth for a short time. Otherwise we may expect multitudes of human fossils as abundant as dinosaur fossils. Thank God for that.

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Introduction to genome
The product genome was conceived because research shows that the top 4% of sales professionals sell over 90% of products and services globally. genome provides a suite of on-line tools based on the very latest psychological research enabling us to effectively identify the DNA of the top performing sales professionals. Six core competencies that underpin selling excellence have been identified and, following extensive research examining the psychology behind these core competencies, genome exposes a set of sub-competencies that prove instrumental in driving superior sales performance. genome is a 3 stage on-line system consisting of the assessment (DNA), analysis (MATCH) and development (MENTOR) of sales professionals.

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LAS CRUCES Are you ready for a vanilla dessert chile pepper? How about pepper plants with leaves and stems as brilliantly colored (and maybe even as spicy) as their spectacular fruits?

Nobody has to tell those of us in the Chile Capital of the World that our favorite pepper is something special.

But mapping the entire genome of the chile pepper has brought us new information about just how unique chiles are, along with some exciting new potentials, Paul Bosland reported at the Chile Pepper Institute's 2013 New Mexico Chile Leaders Dinner, Monday at Stan Fulton Center.

"This puts NMSU and the Chile Pepper Institute on the cutting edge with a new level of research," said Bosland, a New Mexico State University Regents professor and director of the Chile Pepper Institute.

It might even be argued that chiles are more sophisticated and complex than the humans who eat them.

"We've now determined that the chile pepper has approximately 3.5 billion base pairs, which are the building blocks that make up the DNA double helix, compared to tomatoes which have about 950 million (homo sapiens have about 3 billion). The Human Genome Project determined we have about 20,000 genes. Chile peppers have about 37,000 genes.

"Whether that means chiles are more evolved than we are, I don't know," quipped Bosland.

The chile genome project, a cooperative effort with a leading South Korea university laboratory, could have some very serious benefits.

To complete the first-ever

"It's a very expensive, incredibly advanced machine that only takes a few days to do the same amount of genetic processing work that previously took 600 machines 10 years to accomplish," Bosland reported.

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Feb. 6, 2013 A group of international scientists has sequenced the draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, the major commercial source of natural rubber. The manuscript describing the draft genome is published in BMC Genomics.

Scientists have sequenced the draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, the major commercial source of natural rubber. Rubber is an indispensible commodity that is used in manufacture worldwide, billions dollar industry. The plant has played a vital role in the world economy since 1876. Currently Asia accounts for about 93% of global supply of rubber.

The manuscript describing the draft genome is published in BMC Genomics. The team identify around 12.7% of the almost 70,000 genes as unique, and outline those associated with rubber biosynthesis, rubber wood formation, disease resistance and allergenicity.

The rubber industry is affected by rubber blight -- a fungal disease -- and natural rubber allergenicity, a global medical concern for those repeatedly exposed to latex-containing products (e.g., gloves).

Ahmad Yamin Rahman and colleagues believe that this draft genome information will accelerate the development of high-yielding natural rubber plants. This will lead to assistance in latex production, wood development, disease resistance and allergenicity.

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