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@satchitanand21 @ColleenHuberNMD So yeah, the thing is the human genome is big & has bits & pieces that sometimes match up with bits & pieces in other [parts of the tree of life. But that doesn't really mean anything by itself. Unless you're doing a PhD on the topic I guess.
So I took that primer sequence...
So I took that primer sequence...
@satchitanand21 @ColleenHuberNMD ..it's a reverse primer (so actually hybridises to the reverse complement of that sequence; long story I won't cover here if you didn't get what I just said).
If we take that sequence and compare it against a tree-of-life sequence database (called BLAST-blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi)..
If we take that sequence and compare it against a tree-of-life sequence database (called BLAST-blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi)..
@satchitanand21 @ColleenHuberNMD ...as Capt Conspiracy did...we get some results.
First up I've excluded any matches to SARS-CoV-2, there is indeed 100% match to human DNA but also dog, chimp, malaria parasites, some bacteria, fish & bird. Guess what?
First up I've excluded any matches to SARS-CoV-2, there is indeed 100% match to human DNA but also dog, chimp, malaria parasites, some bacteria, fish & bird. Guess what?
