http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/ The culture of science in fiction & fact Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/comment-page-1/#comment-992 rwintle Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:20:50 +0000 http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/#comment-992 You're going to annoy them further by referring to their favourite organisms as "simple", you know. You’re going to annoy them further by referring to their favourite organisms as “simple”, you know.

]]> http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Jenny Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:55:21 +0000 http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/#comment-983 Cerevisiae have those wimpy little bud things, whereas pombe has big beautiful symmetric daughter cells. No contest! Cerevisiae have those wimpy little bud things, whereas pombe has big beautiful symmetric daughter cells. No contest!

]]> http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Karen James Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:20:56 +0000 http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/#comment-980 Is Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the 'lesser flea' in this scenario? I thought they were about the same size. Is Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the ‘lesser flea’ in this scenario? I thought they were about the same size.

]]> http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/comment-page-1/#comment-975 rpg Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:25:41 +0000 http://blogs.lablit.com/2010/01/and-little-fleas-have-lesser-fleas-and-so-ad-infinitum/#comment-975 Yeah. If they were proper scientists they'd be working on metazoa. Yeah. If they were proper scientists they’d be working on metazoa.

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