Women are tricksy! I was reading this
interesting article by Sarah Laskow on the hundreds of products in our grocery basket which have been modified by atomic radiation.
Suddenly, without warning, I was subjected to this:
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Recently, mutant breeding's enjoyed a bit of a Renaissance, too, as biomolecular advances have enabled more targeted mutations and quick assessments of what's changed in the plant's genome. Instead of waiting for a plant to grow, a scientist can quickly recognize changes in the mutated plant's DNA sequence and decide whether it's the mutation she wants or not.
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A woman scientist?!? What a preposterous notion, I damn near dropped my monocle.
