Comments on: Humans, Fish, & Flies Share a 600-Million-Year-Old Sperm Gene

By: Larry Gillihan

Larry Gillihan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:57:26 +0000

Humans and animals having similar construction does not mean one “evolved” from the other. It means when you get a good design, you stick with it.
The “cannabinoid receptors” in the brain show that marijuana was made for a medicine. Used properly, it is the best stress and anxiety reliever there is. The 17 billion dollars a year the drug companies make off the stress and anxiety reliever market would be far less if people could grow their own, and the drug companies would lose a lot of profit. That’s why the federal government is fighting it so hard.

By: reallest

reallest — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:32:51 +0000

sequence divergence. This is what they are not mentioning in story. THe so called boule gene is not exactly the same for any species. The gene differs slightly from species to species, making it not the same in my opinion. Furthermore, boule is a DNA sequence. The sequence from species to species is different. The gene sequence is close enough to allow human boule to function inside of a fly. This mimmicing effect of the boule does not however indicate a common line of evolution. Consider another case in nature. Humans have cannibinoid receptors in our brains. For many years science believed that marijuana and synthetic thc were the only chemicals capable of fitting in cannabinoid receptors, leaving us to wonder if we are to deigned to get stoned. This idea has recently been diminished due cannabinoid like chemicals, that will fit into human receptors, being discovered in sea urchins, a completley unrelated organism. This story was good science with a very poor conclusion.

By: Blankman

Blankman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:01:59 +0000

What the F__ck happens when the spermicide hits the water table? It’s like ebola for all species, with a generational delay.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:07:50 +0000

We may wish to be careful developing agents that can knock out that gene since it is vital to the life cycle of so many species including ours. Wouldn’t we want to find species specific genes to target?

By: YouRang

YouRang — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:55:02 +0000

You wrote:Insects, humans, marine invertebrates, other mammals, even fish…
You mean Humans, fish, marine invertebrates, even flies…