This article goes on to briefly describe several other ways in which studying feline genes can advance human medicine
One of more than a dozen mammals from the African elephant to the guinea pig, Cinnamon's genome will provide a benchmark to help make sense of the human genome and human disease. Prof Narfstrom uses her Abyssinians to study the genetics of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease that causes blindness in cats and in 1 in every 3500 people.
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