http://eugene-koonin.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] eugene-koonin.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] macroevolution 2010-12-06 09:49 pm (UTC)

We must wait and see. Detailed investigation in several labs will necessarily follow, and the truth will be known within a few months.

To me, this reminds of the old story of induced mutations:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3045565

The authors of this famous paper thought they have disproved the Central Dogma. Not quite so. The study triggered the discovery of extremely interesting mechanisms of stress-induced mutagenesis but no "unicorn in the garden".

Somehow I suspect that the As story will evolve in the same direction. Although it would be tremendously exciting to be wrong with this prediction.

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