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MINOR PLAYER. “However, this does not mean that phages are not a major route of horizontal transmission of cif genes, and the association between cif genes and mobile genetic elements supports the idea that the ability to move horizontally between genomes may be an important adaptation of these elements.” https://lnkd.in/dXjWp9f View in LinkedIn

UNCORRELATED. “Interestingly, Lepage et al. (2017) found no significant association between the phylogenies of cif genes and genes found in the structural module of phages. Prophage regions often rearrange which likely explains this pattern.” https://lnkd.in/dXjWp9f View in LinkedIn

ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER PLAYERS. “Horizontal transfer of cif genes occurs frequently and sometimes over large phylogenetic distances, sometimes even crossing the bacterial genus boundaries. High rates of horizontal transfer likely result from the cif genes being associated with mobile genetic elements, such as WO prophage sequences, transposons, and plasmids.” https://lnkd.in/dXjWp9f View in LinkedIn

Old pots in Catalonia that get cracked are frequently mended by means of metal staples. View in LinkedIn

Ancient arches in limestone on small round church in Girona. View in LinkedIn

He’s at it again: he loves to be under blankets and pillows and gently thumped from above. View in LinkedIn

KARL R POPPER. “It is not my intention to raise any “what is” questions, such as “What is mind?” or “What is matter?”. (In fact the need to avoid “what is” questions will turn out to be one of my major points). It is still less of my intention to answer such questions. (That is, I am not offering what is sometimes called an “ontology”.) https://lnkd.in/dbkcDjD View in LinkedIn

THE BIG BANG AND MORE. “Theorists nonetheless ponder the possible existence of other kinds of atoms—not just additional elements yet undiscovered, but atoms built differently from the ones we know on Earth.” (Brilliant summary articles). https://lnkd.in/dqtx5yd View in LinkedIn

QUASARS. “Given the compact sizes of these inner regions (sub-parsec for a 108 M⊙ BH), variability induced by instabilities in the accretion flow, reprocessing of light, and dynamical evolution of the inner regions can be observed over a broad range of timescales from intra-hours to decades, providing observational constraints on these regions that are too small to be spatially resolved directly.” (M⊙ = unit of sun’s mass). https://lnkd.in/dEvc7DF View in LinkedIn