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Correspondence
Nature 406, 826 (24 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35022743
When Brazilians achieve, it's against all the odds
Tomas A. Prolla1
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Departments of Genetics and Medical Genetics, 445 Henry Mall, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
As a young Brazilian scientist, I am proud to see a major achievement of the Brazilian scientific community in the pages of Nature — the sequencing of Xylella fastidiosa (Nature 406, 151–157; 2000). However, I take issue with the view (Nature 406, 109; 2000) that this milestone is "a signal to Brazil's young scientists that they do not need to leave the country to engage in world-class science".
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