https://touchingfish.top/en/tags/genomics/Recent content in Genomics on TouchingFish.topHugoenThu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://touchingfish.top/en/2021/the-ways-of-eel/Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://touchingfish.top/en/2021/the-ways-of-eel/<p>Calling this a popular science article is a stretch. There is no rigorous experimental design here, no systematic literature review. Calling it a book review would be too sentimental — I did not read with my heart on my sleeve, and most of it slipped away after I turned the last page.</p> <p>I spent my undergraduate years working on Japanese eels with my advisor. The project fizzled out when the department stopped providing lab space, but two-plus years of messing about with eels was enough to leave me with a feeling about this creature that I can't quite put into words.</p>