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iamthe_eggman
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iamthe_eggman
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10/12/2004 3:00 am
Originally Posted by: Dr_simonIf it is any conciliation I am having a bad day also !

I have spent months trying to isolate a mutant yeast allele that causes a phenotype that I can see.

I finally got back a plasmid only to discover that it has no mutations in it.

This means that I either have not rescued the right allele or the phenotype is due to a mutation in a gene I don't care about.

Both are bad !

bugger !


Yeah, I hate when that happens!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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