Been there, done that, three times.
It's not fun.
The last time I used my severance plus a special program in unemployment to start my own business. It's amazing how much more money you can make when you keep 100% of the revenue from your efforts.
Identical twins - one egg + 1 sperm that splits into two after fertilization aka clones. This happens randomly in the population.
Fraternal twin - Two different eggs + 2 different sperm from daddy. They are siblings that happen to share a uterus. This genetic in some families.
Semi-identical twins - One egg + 2 sperm. The egg splits before it is fertilized. The genetically identical eggs are fertilized by different sperm. Freaky huh....
They detected allozymes (differences in proteins) by electrophoresis in the 1970's.
This could tell the difference between species and maybe if they were lucky large family groups. It wasn't as exact as using DNA.
That sounds like a marker file. It's a bit different than a sequence file.
Molecular markers are linked to specific sequences in the DNA. These markers are generally close by or in the gene of interest. All the extra columns described its characteristics and results. Anyplace in the entire genome where there is one nucleotide difference (polymorphic) can be another marker. There's millions of these and they add up to massive files.
A sequence file is basically just a long boring sequence of nucleotides and are not that large. Now some of the files you use to generate the sequence. Let's just say they had to wait almost 20 years for computers to get fast enough to process those files in a reasonable time. Those make the marker files look like childs play.
DNA sample of identical twin doesn't work. It is identical. They started as one individual and split into two.
The only way to tell them apart is if one of the brother has a distinguishable difference in scars, dentistry, etc.
Ukraine hit them before but it was mostly strategic strikes that temporarily knocked out the facility with relatively small drones.
This year Ukraine is demolishing them. Multiple powerful hits that are taking out large amount do the infrastructure like Perm or Tuapse.
Russia's air defense were mostly developed for the cold war type of air power.
Ukraine has had to develop air defense in the active drone war.
It's a huge difference is focus, economy, and depth.
Agriculture in the U.S. is in a deep recession right now. Farmers are going out of business left and right due to disruptions in international trade caused by the orange moron.
Globally farmers are doing much better by taking advantage of the U.S. shooting themselves repeatedly in the foot.
As for fertilizer shortages, most of the northern hemisphere had already stocked up on supply over the winter in preparation for spring planting. So the effect there will be minimal.
The effects will be felt first in the tropical/sub-tropical regions as they rely on a more constant supply to match their planting seasons.
Next year is fucked globally however. The southern hemisphere will get it first starting in September This will send prices soaring during the northern hemisphere winter pricing/contacting.
Growers will cut back on fertilizer purchases initially but still do okay as speculation of lower yeilds will spike commodity prices. The spike in prices will hit consumers a little bit over the winter and really get going in spring 2027.
At 30k per month, it's around 200k by the end of the year So around 1.5-1.6 million casualties by December.
That's also when it hits around 1% of the Russian population is a casualty of this war. Combined with a below replacement birthrate and Russian population is experiencing negative population growth.
A landlord is almost always making money even if they are just "breaking even" on the mortgage.
If the landlord is still paying for a mortgage, the profit goes into their equity gain.
Once the mortgage is paid off, the profit goes into the landlords pocket.
This is how many people get started being parasites on society. They have other people pay the bank while they gain the assets of their labor.
It's winding down because Putin is considering pleading for peace soon. Ukraines infrastructure hits are getting more and more costly.
Putin needs 5 or 6 years to rebuild his arsenal for his next invasion. Unless he loses and is deposed, any peace treaty is just a delay to recover until the next attack.
My wife's fluffy white dog I drive around with for work. He likes to eat higher moisture corn and cow shit.
For silage corn the entire plant is harvested, chopped up, and packed tightly in a pile and covered with plastic or very large plastic bag. This creates an anaerobic conditions and yeasts/bacteria convert the sugars to alcohol, then acids. This acid preserves the feed for cattle for up to 2 years.
Silage corn is the most common base feed for all dairies and feedlots.
This isn't even the tallest variety out there. There are others that are 3' (1m) taller.
The machine with the spout is a chopper. They are a million dollar gigantic woodchipper. These things are fucking terrifying and you should absolutely stay out the field when they are running. Every so often a deer jumps into them.....shudder.... nightmare fuel.
Early in the season before a corn plant is waist high it takes a guess on how many kernals it can fill. Sometimes it guesses wrong and so it aborts the top kernals to fill the rest.
The entire top of the damn plant turns bright red.
As sugars build up in the top of the plant with no place to be transported to, the upper leaves start to turn bright red and die back.
You may get a bar bell ear or there may be no ear on the plant. In of field of millions of plants a bright red top narrows the search down.
Start getting your pinky in shape with this weird environmental triggered trait. It's easy to find in any corn field (to be continued...).
This right here is 350bu/acre of corn. 113 day variety on an almost pure sand field. Every damn ear looked the same. Look at that beauty, every kernal is huge and dense.
This here is trichoderma ear rot in an organic field. This 100 day variety was chewed on by an earworm. The damaged kernals allowed trichderma to enter and infect the ear. This ear rot produces many toxins and is a big no for consumption.
The twist - Trichoderma is usually a beneficial organism in the soil. It feeds on other pathogenic fungus/bacteria and is applied extensively for biological control.
Although normally a secondary pathogen, it has mutated to become a primary pathogen in both Italy and Germany in recent years.
This here is a genetically susceptible 113 day variety to fusarium kernal rot. This is a nasty little fungus that produces all sorts of mycotoxins that can give any mammal that consumes it a belly ache or even death. It's easily identifiable by the white streaks in causes in the kernals.
This 98 day little minx has a flirty pink cob. It doesn't look like much but it packs quite the wallop. The ears posted yielded 302bu. Medium high ear placement and a fast drydown makes this an excellent choice for grain.
This is pretty little 102 day number with a bright white cob that threshes very easily. It does extremely well for dry grain, high moisture grain or earlage.
The field in this picture averaged 305bu.
Probably the easiest plant to care for once you figure it out.
I water it every month or two. Fertilize it every 2 or 3 years. Redirect the arial roots into the pot when I water.
It gets 3 hours of direct sunlight in the morning.
Every 5 or 6 years I haul it outside in the summer. Then leach the pot with the garden hose to remove the salt buildup. I also hack the plant back to a more manageable size.
I also suspect that Ukraine is getting very good at detecting and destroying the loitering drones. If the interceptor drone can take out a shahed, it can take out lancet.