Fascinating! Does this take us arrogant human's down a notch?
I must object though to the conclusion that the water flee has the most genes,
followed almost immediately by the admission that we don't know much about the
genome of most organisms. Why can't they just say "The most gene of any known
species"? (or "species we know about the genes of")
Eric
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>Subject: The Most Genes in an Animal? Tiny Crustacean Holds the Record
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