A great example of why comparing long-term trends with short term observations is poor evidence at best and misleading at worst. e.g. does their yearly 15% growth include dips of ~50% at other short periods of time - especially during half-term... A week is not comparable to a year.

Well, the ChatGPT from Oxford can't even get it right LOL.

These data will aid the investigation of genome evolution in the Paramecia and provide additional source data for the exploration of endosymbiotic functions.

These data patterns, combined with the alternative genetic code common to ciliates, make gene identification and annotation challenging; as such, we identify gene models using Iso-Seq methodologies.

Our analyses demonstrate P. bursaria 186b, like other ciliates such as diverse species of Paramecia, possess numerous tiny introns.

Here we report a near complete host genome and transcriptome sequence dataset, using both Illumina and PacBio sequencing methods, in order to aid genome analysis and to enable the design of RNAi experiments.

Katrien Beuls: "When ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022, the then rector, Rik Van de Walle, swiftly announced that students could use the chatbot for their master's thesis. A bad move. Or at least the beginning of a lot of trouble.”

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