Michael R. McKain

I thought we would make our original goal. The amount of support, both by numbers and amount donated, has been amazing and more than I anticipated. I think this project, along with other genomes that have been done on Experiment, demonstrate that people have a lot of interest in these types of studies. They also like to see work they can relate to. Who doesn't love Joshua tree?

Thanks, Amanda! Congrats to you all on already reaching your goal!

Congrats on reaching your goal! This is a wonderful and much needed study!

There is one from 40-30 million years ago. There haven't been any more recent whole genome duplications event leading up to Joshua tree.