Ari Novy

Got it! Thanks so much for the reply!

Great article! I lived in Italy for 3 years and it also felt to me that everyone just walked everywhere. Any indication that’s part of the lower obesity as well?

Unilateral mydriasis due to Angel's Trumpet Introduction. There are many causes of bilateral and unilateral mydriasis. Common garden plants, such as Brugmansia (Angel's trumpet), contain tropane alkaloids. Case Report. An 11–year-old girl wa...

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Lodoicea maldivica

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Thanks for the response!

Totally! Why don't we see more short books? I've often wondered if there's some inside baseball in the publishing industry that eschews short books. Any insights?

Can I be added please?

Yes. That’s definitely one way of looking at it that holds in many/most cases. Purugganan, who is a great plant scientist studying many domestications, seems to be backing a definition that all domestication arises out of a mutualism.

This being science, I’m sure some would disagree. :)

Very good definition from Purugganan that defines domestication as a special kind of mutualism.

‘a coevolutionary process that arises from a mutualism, in which one species (the domesticator) constructs an environment where it actively manages both the survival and reproduction of another species (the domesticate) in order to provide the former with resources and/or services.’

What is domestication? The nature of domestication is often misunderstood. Most definitions of the process are anthropocentric and center on human intentionality, which mini…

Also, nice summary of the other insect examples here under the section ‘Insects and other domesticators’: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks for bringing up this topic and giving me an excuse to look at time of the more recent literature. It’s such a cool topic!

Domestication via the commensal pathway in a fish-invertebrate mutualism - Nature Communications It has been hypothesized that domestication can occur through the ‘commensal pathway’ in which the domesticate takes advantage of a niche created as a byproduct by the domesticator. Here, Brooker et a...

Here’s an example of a fish domesticating a shrimp to aid in algal farming: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I hope that, as we see more GM plants that are:

➡️ More nutritious
➡️ Hardier
➡️ Higher yielding
➡️ Public domain

Genetic modification will be seen as just another plant breeding tool. A very powerful one, that can be, and is often being, used for good.

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On the botanical v. legal definition of ‘tomato’: 🧪

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I’m excited to be on Bluesky…hoping for amazing sharing about science and related policy (especially plants and ag) with a commitment to civility and open-mindedness. To get the ball rolling, here’s my take on the legal definition of tomato: 🧪

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I’d love to be added. Thanks!

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