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Published online 31 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.208

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Cat joins the genome club

Draft sequence of cat announced.

A 4-year-old Abyssinian named Cinnamon has become the first cat to have its genome decoded. She joins a menagerie that now includes dogs, mice, rats and chimps.

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