Comments on: Yield of Arabidopsis

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:14 +0000

A friend of mine had an “Arabidopsis Chex” box as a gag slide in his defense. With something like “Greatly enlarged to show texture” or some such nonsense. He was tired of all the crop plant folks giving him grief.

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:59 +0000

Thank you!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:46 +0000

And if you need another anecdote about how tiny arabidopsis seeds are, after a year of plating T1 seeds for a project in college, I had to get glasses to correct minor nearsightedness. Some how I’m still in plant bio, but I haven’t had to handle At seeds in any sort of volume for nearly six years (and my eyesight hasn’t deteriorated any further!).

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:18:11 +0000

LOL @ your figure! I’m going to print that one out and hang it in my cubicle for all my coworkers to enjoy.