“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?”

From a walk I took last weekend in Tennessee. Not as pretty as your picture, but still nice, I think

In fungi, repeats can be evidence of repeat-induced point mutations (RIP), a defense mechanisms for fungal genomes. So they may be informative, say if one population has higher % of repeats than another. Could lead to new hypotheses for you to test!

I was not being rude, simply trying to provide context which you obviously did not have. Obviously that was unappreciated, so I will no longer engage with you. I hope you have a happy new year.

The original poster (Kate Elliott) is the author. She would be ordering books that she has written and then signing the books herself to give to readers. So there is no need to have them verified or graded.

I was also surprised by the placement of the type strain, as it is supposed to represent the whole species!! 🤯 Just goes to show how messy biology is, and how we can't rely on a single reference strain. As for food safety regulations...that is an issue for someone much more senior than I 😂

Very cool! And exciting to see that your results and ours (Mickey and co-authors including myself) from the preprint line up!

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Beautiful!