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United Press International - November 1, 2007
Cinnamon, an Abyssinian cat whose lineage can be traced by back several generations to Sweden, lives in a cat colony maintained at the University of Missouri-Columbia. A report in the journal Genome Research details the first assembly, annotation and comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome, the journal said Thursday in a release.
Researchers said domestic cats possess more than 250 naturally occurring hereditary disorders, many of which are similar to genetic pathologies in humans.
The report said CinnamonÆs pedigree carries a genetic mutation that causes retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that can lead to blindness. The domestic cat also serves as a model for human infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
The Cat Genome Project is based at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Md.
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