What do you make of this plant? (f89v)
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Quote:In the present study, the characterization of the soybean retrotransposon, Diaspora, provides evidence for a relatively rapid transition between enveloped retroelements and non-enveloped retrotransposons. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests that the Diaspora retrotransposon emerged from a lineage of plant endogenous retroviruses that possesses an env-like gene.

I wonder how many of those words Dee would have been able to understand without a dictionary? Wink

Diaspora as a word didn't appear until the 18th century - and initially referred to populaces fleeing their homelands.

Ironically enough, one of the more amusing examples returned in Stellars's word list he linked was "bad example".
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RE: What do you make of this plant? (f89v) - by davidjackson - 25-11-2016, 08:25 PM

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