tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post6203436362441649133..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: My new paper in #Gigascience: #Badomics words and the power and peril of the ome-memeJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-39626621439970683512012-07-13T14:55:53.159-07:002012-07-13T14:55:53.159-07:00although I note my statement is technically correc...although I note my statement is technically correct --- " but it is not a fascination with pathogenesis that has kept the book in the limelight for almost 100 years."Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-21165069297352445192012-07-13T14:55:02.763-07:002012-07-13T14:55:02.763-07:00that I will assign to "an editing mistake ......that I will assign to "an editing mistake ..." ... gonna have to get that fixed ...Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-30128382018384564262012-07-13T09:54:40.978-07:002012-07-13T09:54:40.978-07:00In the aricle you write:
In 1920, “Verbreitung un...In the aricle you write:<br /><br /><em>In 1920, “Verbreitung und Ursache der Parthenogenesis im Pflanzen- und Tierreiche”–a landmark book by German botanist Hans Winkler–was published Translating the title into English yields “Spread and cause of pathogenesis in plant and animal kingdoms”. An interesting book, no doubt (and one that is available to read online thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library [2]), but it is not a fascination with pathogenesis that has kept the book in the limelight for almost 100 years. Instead, it is one passage on page 165 that is critical:</em><br /><br />Surely, the book is about parthenogenesis -- that is, asexual reproduction, rather than pathogenesis, no? I know that's irrelevant to the point being made but…Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.com