When genomics pioneer Craig Venter announced last week that his team had constructed the first man-made bacterial genome, he disclosed that researchers had embedded five "watermarks" in the DNA containing coded messages. The "code" was simply the genetic code, in which the order of DNA subunits specifies a sequence of amino acids, each abbreviated by a letter. Wired Science recruited researchers not involved in the study to decode the messages, which were VENTERINSTITVTE (there is no amino acid for "U"), CRAIGVENTER, HAMSMITH, CINDIANDCLYDE and GLASSANDCLYDE. The latter three biograffiti seem to refer to Venter's co-authors Hamilton Smith, John Glass and Clyde Hutchison. (Wired Science; Science)
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