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Trait introgression in plants: looking for ideas!

Dear all, I would like to hear ideas on how to speed up multiple trait introgression in plants. For example, introgression of multiple resistance traits or any other interesting trait. Anyone...

06 July 2017 408 0 View

How long can I store bacteria in LB to use it in a MiniPrep?

I was just wondering if it would be possible to store my bacteria after I grow them for a miniprep and what would be the best condition for it in case I just want to use them for a new DNA...

01 February 2016 3,856 5 View

Has someone already used TransTaq® DNA Polymerase High Fidelity for cDNA PCR amplification?

I would like to know if someone has used this Taq, TransTaq® DNA Polymerase High Fidelity, and if it compares with Phusion High fidelity. Thanks a lot!

31 December 2015 5,880 5 View

Anyone using addgene (www.addgene.org) to share plasmids?

Are there any other databases to look for gateway vectors? Addgene is great though!

10 November 2014 1,636 2 View

How can women be responsive when they can make love for hours?

… with my present female lover … she and I spend anywhere from two hours to six hours in caressing, touching, cuddling, hugging, lip kissing, deep kissing and intimate conversation before,...

11 August 2024 4,521 0 View

Self-Organizing Superorganisms—as envisaged by Nenad Sestan (2018)?

The rate of glucose consumption by the neocortex is reduced by over 80% during anesthesia (Sibson et al. 1998), which disables the synapses (Richards 2002) that are inundated by glial tissue (Engl...

08 August 2024 3,118 0 View

The Bigger You Are, the Harder You Fall (some lessons from Dinosaurs)?

Evolutionary fitness is based on an organism’s ability to adapt rapidly to changing environmental circumstances. Large-bodied mammals have been equipped with large brains (and hence a high...

06 August 2024 4,849 2 View

How do soil microflora interact with plant roots and influence plant nutrition, health, and productivity?

06 August 2024 9,618 3 View

Measuring the Intelligence of a Species?

Larger brains, which typically contain more neurons, store and transfer more information (Tehovnik and Chen 2015), but the precise relationship between number of neurons and information has yet to...

05 August 2024 1,238 2 View

Why did the authors extrapolate a phenotype that they experimentally proved in one bacterial strain across the whole genus of the organism?

I aim to be as skeptical as possible regarding whether a pair of orthologous genes results in the same phenotype in their different but related bacterial organisms under similar environmental...

05 August 2024 6,787 4 View

Why my colony PCR results of my recombinant bacterial not showing any results?

I am performing ligation of the plasmid and a target gene. The steps I have taken are: 1. Double digestion of the plasmid and target gene 2. Ligation of the plasmid with the target gene 3....

05 August 2024 2,570 3 View

The Curse of Evolution and Complexity?

Brain and body mass together are positively correlated with lifespan (Hofman 1993). The duration of neural development is one of the best predictors of brain size, and conception is the best...

05 August 2024 6,247 3 View

Why do women not understand that men are aroused by physical contact?

Women often complain that their husbands never touch them unless they want sex. (Michele Weiner-Davis)

02 August 2024 7,778 2 View

What is the role of oxidative stress in toxin-induced carcinogenesis?

What is the role of oxidative stress in toxin-induced carcinogenesis? I am currently researching the impact of environmental toxins on children's health and would greatly appreciate insights from...

02 August 2024 3,174 1 View