From owner-chromosomes@net.bio.net Wed Jul 20 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MED.PITT.EDU!rapr From: rapr@MED.PITT.EDU (Robert Preston) Newsgroups: bionet.genome.chromosomes Subject: re: alcoholism gene Date: 20 Jul 1994 21:14:24 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 30 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9407210414.AA00518@mercury.med.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > From: tholton@cabell.vcu.edu (Tara Kent-Holton) > Subject: Alcoholism gene > Message-Id: <1994Jul21.015454.20274@cabell.vcu.edu> > Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 01:54:54 GMT > > Recently, I read somewhere something about a recent discovery that > the gene for alcoholism that is passed along for children can also > show up as the gene for obesity. Does anyone know where I can find > out more about htis? Thanks. > Tara, although there is abundant clinical anecdotal evidence that addictive behavior can be expressed either as "alcoholism" or as food addiction, depending on little-known genetic or environmental details, there is no such thing as "the gene for alcoholism" and there are probably many genes that predispose to obesity, whether by food addiction or other, non-addictive mechanisms for obesity. These are controversial and yet-poorly-understood areas in terms of genetics. A good, up-to-date review can be found in Science vol264, 17 June 1994. Robert Preston rapr@med.pitt.edu PS: by saying no such thing as the gene for alcoholism, what I mean is that no such gene has yet been found, not that it (or they) do not exist! From owner-chromosomes@net.bio.net Wed Jul 20 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.genome.chromosomes Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!cabell.vcu.edu!tholton From: tholton@cabell.vcu.edu (Tara Kent-Holton) Subject: Alcoholism gene Message-ID: <1994Jul21.015454.20274@cabell.vcu.edu> Summary: looking for article Keywords: genetics Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 01:54:54 GMT Expires: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 04:00:00 GMT Lines: 5 Recently, I read somewhere something about a recent discovery that the gene for alcoholism that is passed along for children can also show up as the gene for obesity. Does anyone know where I can find out more about htis? Thanks. From owner-chromosomes@net.bio.net Mon Jul 25 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!spectrum.apana.org.au!lsupoz.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: glyn@lsupoz.apana.org.au (Glyn Szasz) Newsgroups: bionet.genome.chromosomes Subject: Verifying Jurasic Park Date: 26 Jul 1994 11:01:06 +1000 Organization: Linux Support OZ +61-2-418-8750 Lines: 11 Message-ID: <311n8i$5bd@lsupoz.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lsupoz.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I do not know weather this is the best place to ask this question but I will ask it here any way. I have been given an assignment to disscuss and verify the zoological evidence in Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park". I was wondering if any film fans have any info on this most interesting topic, also where I can find gifs and picts for Jurasic Park on the net preferably in Australia. Many thanx in advance, Glyn. From owner-chromosomes@net.bio.net Thu Jul 28 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.ans.net!paperboy.amoco.com!apctrc!msc.edu!mckinley.cit.macalstr.edu!mac.cc.macalstr.edu!kanelson From: kanelson@mac.cc.macalstr.edu Newsgroups: bionet.genome.chromosomes Subject: Rett's Syndrome Date: 28 Jul 94 21:13:28 -0600 Organization: Macalester College Lines: 7 Message-ID: <1994Jul28.211328.1@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mac.cc.macalstr.edu I need some information and I thought this might be the news group to do it. I am a personal care attendant and I work with a girl with Rett's syndrome. This disease is linked to the X chromosome. Only girls have it. I would like to learn more about this disease. thanks for any info. kanelson@macalstr.edu From owner-chromosomes@net.bio.net Sat Jul 30 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu (Lincoln Stein) Newsgroups: bionet.announce,bionet.genome.chromosomes Subject: WICGR HUMAN GENOME MAPPING PROJECT DATA RELEASE 3 Date: 31 Jul 1994 15:22:00 -0700 Organization: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Lines: 77 Sender: kristoff@net.bio.net Approved: bionews-moderator@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <31bvp9$6po@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Summary: Genome wide STS-content mapping project data release Keywords: sts yac CEPH mega-yac library sts-content Xref: biosci bionet.announce:1321 bionet.genome.chromosomes:261 ANNOUNCING: WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE/MIT CENTER FOR GENOME RESEARCH HUMAN GENOMIC MAPPING PROJECT DATA RELEASE 3 (JULY 1994) The third quarterly release of data from the Human Physical Mapping Project at the Whitehead Institute/MIT Genome Center, covering data generated through the end of June, 1994, is now available. This data release contains YAC screening data for 3419 sequence tagged sites (STSs) screened on the CEPH mega-YAC library. For each STS, we report addresses for the YACs found to contain the STS. From the data obtained so far, there are over 400 contigs assembled using double linkage between STSs. The data is available electronically in two ways. ANONYMOUS FTP: The entire data release is available as a set of Microsoft Excel files and tab-delimited ascii files on our ftp server. Using an ftp client (such as "Fetch" on the Macintosh), connect to "genome.wi.mit.edu". Use "anonymous" as your user name, and give your e-mail address as your password. The data files are present in the directory /distribution/human_STS_releases/july94. The contents are as follows: 07-94.INTRO.hqx - Description of the data release, Macintosh format. 07-94.INTRO.txt - The same as ascii text 07-94.INTRO.ps - The same in Postscript format. 07-94.STS.YAC.hqx - STS & YAC screening data, in MS-Excel format. 07-94.STS.YAC.txt - The same as tab-delimited text. 07-94.sequence - Full sequences of previously unpublished STSs. THE WORLD-WIDE WEB: You will need a World Wide Web client such as Mosaic (Unix, MS-Windows and Macintosh) or MacWeb (Macintosh). Instruct your client to connect to "http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/". >From there, follow the "Human STS Data Release" link. You will be able to browse and download the raw data set as well as to view doubly-linked contigs. A subset of the STSs (those for which we have chromosomal assignments) are also available through the Genome Database (GDB). QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS. If users have any questions or problems, please contact us at human_STS_help@genome.wi.mit.edu We invite suggestions about how to make these data release most useful. DATA RELEASE POLICY AND CITATION. Data releases are scheduled every 90 days. At the end of each calendar quarter, all genomic mapping data are reviewed and prepared for distribution via CGR's electronic databases. Data releases typically occur within two weeks of the close of the quarter (i.e., in mid-January, mid-April, mid-July and mid-October). Releases are announced by electronic messages posted to the following two newsgroups: "bionet.genome.chromosomes" and "bionet.announce". CGR's data release policy aims to ensure that scientific colleagues have immediate access to information that may assist them in the search for genes. Data releases do not constitute scientific publication of CGR's work, but rather provide scientists with a regular look into our lab notebooks. For projects aimed at the analysis of particular genes or subchromosomal regions, permission is hereby granted to use our data without the need for a formal collaboration, subject only to appropriate acknowledgment. For projects aimed at large-scale mapping of entire chromosomes or entire genomes, use of the data and markers should be on a collaborative basis. The information for the human genome mapping project should be cited as: Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research, Human Genetic Mapping Project, Data Release 3 (July 1994). -- ======================================================================== Lincoln D. Stein Whitehead Institute/MIT Genome Center lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu Cambridge, MA 02142 ========================================================================