things you are banned from saying to me today

[moominmolly]

Virii
Penii
The Intertubes

Seriously, don't even try.

Comments

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Can I say "Collapse of Germline piRNAs in the Absence of Argonaute3 Reveals Somatic piRNAs in Flies"?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I love it when you talk like that.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Yay, motivation to read the thing.

Jason sequels!?!

[spike.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know they made ONE sequel, let alone two!

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(film))

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Really, I can't improve on the language of the real thing.

"Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence transposons
in animal germ cells. piRNAs are thought to derive
from long transcripts spanning transposon-rich
genomic loci and to direct an autoamplification loop
in which an antisense piRNA, bound to Aubergine
or Piwi protein, triggers production of a sense piRNA
bound to the PIWI protein Argonaute3 (Ago3). In turn,
the new piRNA is envisioned to produce a second
antisense piRNA. Here, we describe strong loss-offunction
mutations in ago3, allowing a direct genetic
test of this model. We find that Ago3 acts to amplify
piRNA pools and to enforce on them an antisense
bias, increasing the number of piRNAs that can act
to silence transposons. We also detect a second,
Ago3-independent piRNA pathway centered on
Piwi. Transposons targeted by this second pathway
often reside in the flamenco locus, which is expressed
in somatic ovarian follicle cells, suggesting
a role for piRNAs beyond the germline."

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should specify that "Piwi" is pronouced "pee-wee".

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That is important information.

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Also: the flamenco locus controls the gypsy transposon.

I'm not making this up.

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[regyt.livejournal.com]

You just made my day.

Re: Jason sequels!?!

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

You can't spell Drosophilologist without LOL!

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Do you have any snacks in your slacks?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

ngaaaaaaaah! No! That is TEH BADNESS

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Sorry, sorry, I don't know what I was thinking!

[novalis.livejournal.com]

Platypi

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Octopi

[twoeleven.livejournal.com]

froggi?

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

i'm a fan of octopi, personally :) i'm all for false latin plurals, as long as you get the generating rules right! "virii" is fingernails-on-chalkboard.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

This is one of those reverse psychology things, right?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I'm just looking for more reasons to punch people.

Go on. C'mon over here and say it. I promise to punch you and mean it.

[regyt.livejournal.com]

I am very reminded of conversations I frequently have with novalis, where he says awful things and, while retaliating, I point out that there are way easier ways to ask me to hit him. (Lately, it's his habit of saying that I have that touch of class while in the presence of Alyson or other people who are highly unlikely to get the song reference.)

[bluepapercup]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.

[concrete.livejournal.com]

Villus (Latin: "shaggy hair"[1], plural villi) can refer to:

* Intestinal villus. This is the most common meaning when not more precisely specified
* Chorionic villi, found on the surface of the outermost membrane (the chorion) of the fetus
* Arachnoid villi, located on the arachnoid membrane of the brain

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

weasels!

pywaket!

onomatopoeia!

[khedron.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, I had an orange rabbit named Pywacket.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

octopodes?

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

You're technically correct -- the best kind of correct!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

"Octopodes" is okay, though I'd really prefer just plain "octopuses".

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

Octopussy?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That sounds time-consuming!

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

In the best way!

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

Entirely accurate!

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

CURSE YOU SPARKYMONSTER FOR BEATING ME TO IT! CURSE YOU, I SAY!

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I AM EVILS

sextarii

[spike.livejournal.com]

sextarii

[qanga.livejournal.com]

Instead I will say Quark! Quark Quark Quark. And Snorkle.