calwaterbear
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I can't think of anywhere other than a science journal where something of such magnitude should go. The science community wouldn't accept it any other way. Especially if the aim is to prove the existence of this totally unrecognized branch of human beings.
Just to be clear:
3 billion base pairs will not fit into a scientific journal! not even close. I forget the analogy exactly, but it is something like 23 volumes of a book, each volume 1000 pages long, filled with nothing but A&T and C&G. There would be a discriptive paper published somewhere, probably Science or Nature, describing what the genome is, and justifying it. of course that assumes that there is actually a genome, and it has been analysed and vetted.
It would have to be posted in either GenBank, or some other metadata data base. thats why these sites like genbank exist, to give scientists open access to these huge data bases. Anyone in the world, (who knows what they are doing) can go into Gen bank and look at sequences in the human Genome. they can also look at and compare sequences for hundreds of thousands of other plants and animals.
The Genome could be posted before any discriptive paper, so thats not an excuse for a delay in releasing the data. but of course, it would then be available publically for anyone to start their own analysis.
So you will now see the same delay and obtusificate campaign over the next 3 years, that was pioneered by Melba. The supposed story line will parrallel the Melbas DNA paper game plan, that has fooled some 3 or 4 people over the past 4 years!
"we have it, but it has to remain secret, it is far to powerfull to allow someone as insignificant as scientists to actually see whats behind the curtasin!