Well, I guess it had to happen. After fruit flies and flatworms, jellyfish and sea cucumbers, mice and sheep, genetic science has now advanced to the point where we can sequence the genome of an Irishman.
Here, choosing a DNA sample from a population of interest due to its relative geographical isolation and genetic impact on further populations, we extend the above studies through the generation of 11 fold coverage of the first Irish human genome sequence.
I can’t wait to see the full sequence: the Bushmill’s absorption gene, the Brit resistance gene, the sentimental tenor gene, the enhanced tuberous digestivity gene, …
The great literature gene…
And don’t forget the “show-me-a-lost-cause-and-I’ll-sign-up-for-it” gene.
I read somewhere that humans share nearly 90% of their genes with the Irish.
“the enhanced tuberous digestivity gene”
That would be a recent mutation, as the Irish have only eaten potatos in the last 300 years.
Maybe we can now find out how Mel Gibson got the “Brit resistance gene”