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It looks like the Americanization of bright as a button by somebody who missed the point--the juggling with the two meanings of bright `mentally alert' and `physically shining.
The use of reciprocal best hits is a conservative way to identify the set of probable orthologs between pairs of genomes because some of the orthologs are missed due to complex relationships between groups of paralogs.
The study strengths include a rich, descriptive case study approach useful in understanding, in detail, source reduction as a hazard control technique, including practical limitations, potential for missed opportunities to improve the work environment, unintended consequences, future directions for preventive approaches, and research needs.
Despite the number of safeguards used to be inclusive (multiple databases, hand search, review by experts, and multiple searches) in our search, a few studies published but not included in these databases could have been missed.
Steven E. Landsburg replies: Michael Terry has missed the point completely.