tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60700407879302048.post4545967505975251555..comments2023-11-05T03:57:45.742-08:00Comments on Orange: So long, Cousin EuclidJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065377267682881396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60700407879302048.post-60607698074975885862009-02-21T15:06:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:06:00.000-08:00Awww. Too bad we're not related to Euclid or Pyth...Awww. Too bad we're not related to Euclid or Pythagoras. Oh well, I think we've got enough awesome mathematicians in the family as it is. ;)Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496854298866017814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60700407879302048.post-53501746568704297962009-02-20T20:35:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:35:00.000-08:00Hey, erstwhile Cousin Lydia! Thanks for the refer...Hey, erstwhile Cousin Lydia! Thanks for the references! The first one paid off big time -- the authors found 4 people in Germany with the 313del14 mutation, and I was able to read the full text of the article. (I'd seen 14 bp deletions starting at 310 and other nearby positions in the database at the Connexin Deafness site, but this was the first place I'd seen one start at 313.) Very exciting!<BR/><BR/>Leah, I just brought up Hippocrates today in my geometry course!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065377267682881396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60700407879302048.post-79364701888547521222009-02-20T12:50:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:50:00.000-08:00Hey, Julia -- here's a 2002 abstract that mentions...Hey, Julia -- here's a 2002 abstract that mentions that 14 bp deletion mutation:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/de6pxz<BR/>Also found a ref to it in http://www.cdc.gov/Genomics/hugenet/reviews/GJB2.htm (see Table 1 and ref #84) You could do some serious genealogy research!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211244170340513439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60700407879302048.post-35382938467472101452009-02-20T05:29:00.000-08:002009-02-20T05:29:00.000-08:00Very interesting- too bad there is no Hippocrates,...Very interesting- too bad there is no Hippocrates, Euclid, or Pythagorus in the family! I was reading an article recently on the heterozygote advantage of some Connexin 26 mutations (better healing ability/resistance to pathogens for heterozygotes). It was pretty fascinating!<BR/><BR/>We still have no clue about the cause of Nolan's hearing loss, though it is presumed genetic due to the audiogram shape and symmetry. Maybe we'll find out some day!leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004783118268323560noreply@blogger.com