Mailund on the Internet

At Genomicron there is an interesting discussion about the definition of a genome.  The main point is two different definitions: the genome of a species -- the uniqueness of the species compared to other species' genomes -- and the genome of an individual -- the unique sequence(s) of an individual including within species variation.

Definition one, the "species genome", is a reference or "average" genome of the individuals in the species, the genomes in definition two.

It is an interesting read, I suggest you have a look.

Check out the new search engine SearchMe.

It is no way near as good as Google for actual searching, but I really like the interface. For playing with, anyway. I am not sure it is that useful for everyday use. The simple and elegant Google interface is something that really appeals to me. On the other hand, the "cover flow" view of search results is a neat way of quickly scanning through results.