Sorry, wrong number."Ancient Gene Yield: New methods retrieve Neandertal's DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. " (SN: 11/18/06, p. 323) reads: " ... a huge chunk of Neandertal DNA, covering more than 1 million of the roughly 3 million paired chemical constituents of an individual's genetic makeup." That 3 million should be 3 billion. HEATHER TRUMBOWER, UCSC UCSC University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California) UCSC University of South Carolina UCSC University of Colombo School of Computing (Colombo, Sri Lanka) GENOME BIOINFORMATICS GROUP, SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , CALIF.
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