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> It also makes me think about how much untapped potential might be hiding in the ordinary plants we pass by every day. A ton, which is one selfish reason the
by hx8 1y ago
> It also makes me think about how much untapped potential might be hiding in the ordinary plants we pass by every day.
A ton, which is one selfish reason the genetic diversity collapse is such a negative. In this particular discovery, we already knew there was something interesting about the morning glory plant and it took us decades and decades to find it. To give you an idea how little plant life has been studied, we have sequenced the gnome of less than one thousand species.
- perrygeo 1y agoThink of the millions of years of evolution as knowledge discovered by non-human species. When we extinct an under-studied species, we don't know what we're losing. It's like burning the Alexandria library without any curiosity about what's inside it.
- hx8 1y agoIf a plant species going extinct is like burning a book, then it's a book that might contain medical knowledge that would help millions of people.
- hoseja 1y agoPlant genomes are an insane mess.