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flobosgyesterday at 7:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Or rather Margaret: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff


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cmpbyesterday at 7:15 PM

I'm not familiar with Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, but I am aware that Rosalind Franklin [1] was extremely important for our understanding of DNA, comparable to Watson/Crick, with whom she co-discovered the structure of DNA. So it seems "Rosalind" is at least very appropriate as a name for a genomics tool such as this.

Not to say the other names mentioned aren't also deserving of similar honors

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

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