In order to gain a molecular understanding of the genetic basis for plant traits, we need to be able to identify the underlying gene and the causal allele for genetic loci. This process usually involves a step where a researcher selects likely candidate genes from a list. The process of picking candidate genes is inherently prone to distortion due to human bias, and this is slowing down our research enterprise.

中文翻译：

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我们不擅长挑选候选基因，这使我们放慢了脚步。

为了获得对植物性状遗传基础的分子理解，我们需要能够识别潜在基因和遗传基因座的因果等位基因。这个过程通常涉及一个步骤，研究人员从列表中选择可能的候选基因。由于人类的偏见，选择候选基因的过程天生就容易发生畸变，这使我们的研究工作放慢了脚步。