tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post4633005015954284593..comments2024-02-24T00:29:08.504-08:00Comments on Slipping Glimpser: "From This Day Forward..."Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03049656800516421526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-88586820432177364432009-08-29T18:22:12.058-07:002009-08-29T18:22:12.058-07:00Hi Sara,
Ah, a fine question, but no, they were n...Hi Sara,<br /><br />Ah, a fine question, but no, they were not the result of genetic contamination....one species, as I mentioned, had been collected in the 1800's, the other is a long-lived mat-forming shrub...we counted more than 100 rings on branches of a dead plant, suggesting that some plants could be considerably older than 100 years. Since nuclear activity at Hanford started in 1945, we know that neither of these species were the result of a mutation. Most mutations, by the way, are either lethal or imperceptible - unlikely to result in a new species either way.<br /><br />- FlorenceFlorencehttp://zenshin-edz.blogpost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-54233083710051140462009-08-29T07:31:51.596-07:002009-08-29T07:31:51.596-07:00(A question for you, not related to this particula...(A question for you, not related to this particular entry, lovely as it is)<br />"Strange Paradise" at Hanford Nuclear Reservation... If indeed you are the author of this article, I have a simple speculation. The author (Florence Caplow) speaks of finding "a species new to science" and then "another new species" in this nuclear waste site. It springs to the mind of a layperson: could these new species be a result of nuclear waste contamination -- genetics altered by nuclear waste? Or are they simply new to field botanical lists -- been around a long time, unnoticed?<br />--Sara Ransom (http://sararansom.blogspot.com/)Sara Ransomhttp://sararansom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-59255602834013132592009-08-08T09:22:52.044-07:002009-08-08T09:22:52.044-07:00Touchingly lovely and beautifully appropriate - Y...Touchingly lovely and beautifully appropriate - You are a true treasure, Dear Zenshin Florence - and we are a lucky family to have you as part of us.<br />Love, gratitude and as always deep admiration<br />Aunt Doedr. doe langnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-40239652830273596452009-08-03T19:00:39.316-07:002009-08-03T19:00:39.316-07:00A lovely adaptation - highly appropriate!A lovely adaptation - highly appropriate!zendorronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-24217735918824849262009-08-02T21:55:23.922-07:002009-08-02T21:55:23.922-07:00Wonderful. Thank you, Florence.Wonderful. Thank you, Florence.Renshin Judy Buncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236134061101522192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842329036518659708.post-82386428185015437942009-08-02T18:26:03.386-07:002009-08-02T18:26:03.386-07:00Nice- plan on ordering the book you suggested~ com...Nice- plan on ordering the book you suggested~ coming apart. Your posting was what I needed at this time. Thanks.Jennifer Osburn-Richardsnoreply@blogger.com