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Genome Economy
Ricki Lewis | Jun 10, 2001 | 10 min read
The Human Genome Project's discovery1 that the human body runs on an instruction manual of a mere 35,000 or so genes--compared to the worm's 19,000, the fruit fly's 13,000, and the tiny mustard relative Arabidopsis thaliana's 25,000--placed humanity on an even playing field with these other, supposedly simpler, organisms. It was a humbling experience, but humility quickly gave way to awe with the realization that the human genome might encode 100,000 to 200,000 proteins. Scientists base this num
Steal My Sunshine
David Smith | Jan 1, 2013 | 10+ min read
How photosynthetic organisms get taken up, passed around, and discarded throughout the eukaryotic domain

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