[T]he word mouse … comes originally from theSanskrit mush derived from a verb meaning tosteal. … Mice and rats, through their voraciousactivities in grain larders and as carriers of disease,inflicted considerable losses in food and lives uponancient civilizations. H. C. Morse III(p6) A very obvious gap in our understanding of humangenome evolution lies in the complete absence of anymapping data from the eutherian orders most dis-tantly related to man, particularly the edentates. Wewould urge anyone with an interest in the genetics ofthe aardvark and the armadillo to consider a uniquemapping project which will be at the forefront (al-phabetically, at least) of ...
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