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Mycologist have more Fungi!

Posted by William Colquhoun on 2009-06-23 in Andrii, fungi, Gryganskyi, mycology, PCR, Rhizopus-Orzyae, zygospores

In my first week in the Howard Hughes i learned alot about mycology and fungal biology, more than I ever thought I would. I met a bunch of new people and it was a heaps of fun!

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A Typical Day-- Week 5

Posted by Vera Cecelski on 2008-07-20 in Duke, fungi, lab, mushrooms, typical-day, Vilgalys

Day-to-day in my lab is relatively routine.I arrive earlier than the other members of the team working on my project, and sort through the dozens of plates, in all different stages of growth, for contamination or any useful observations...

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The Pleurotus Project, Week 4

Posted by Vera Cecelski on 2008-07-07 in fungi, genetics, mushrooms, research-question, species, species-concept

So, remember that definition of a species you learned in your freshman bio class? That's the generally accepted biological species concept, that a species consists of individuals that demonstrate their genetic similarities by being able to successfully interbreed with each other and only each other....While we know this biological species concept works for the animal kingdom, science doesn't yet have a constant rule that can be applied across the board to all species. Speciation is still a bit of a mystery. And that's especially because we don't have enough data, so BAM! that's right where my research goes.

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