Score cutoffs from 28–60 bits were used and conserved sequences were ranked according to the highest score that allowed passage through the entire filtering process. The 'genome filtering' method was implemented using Perl (Wall et al. 1996) to perform the following steps (Fig. 2): 1) ...
Jupiteristhelargestofthenineplanetsofthesolarsystem1,accordingtofromthesunisfarfromneartotheorder,itrankedfifth.Jupiteristhebrightestnightsky,oneofseveralstars,secondonlytoVenus,Marsthanlight(inadditiontoMarsdaythanred),sometimesmorethanthebrighteststarSiriusisalsobright.JupitersaidinancientChinafor岁星anduseitto...
Mandalore continues to be an enigma of a planet. The domed cities don’t help, shrouding the activities of their residents in mystery. Although the New Mandalorians are a peaceful people having witnessed for themselves the destruction of their planet by war, we can’t be sure of their living...
Ah, the simple life. Nothing much seems to happen on Lah’mu, and that’s the way its inhabitants like it. Far away from the hustle and bustle of the Galactic Core, this Outer Rim colony is home to a few hundred farmers, who were drawn to its fertile soil, mild temperature, and ge...