Reading things like this in a paper about microbes, I wonder: why is the English speaking world so trashy?
...a little bit of illicit sex made all of this possible.
...a little bit of illicit sex made all of this possible.
Moreover, that is not a paper; it's a blog article written with, and I quote the website's colophon, "Academic rigour, journalistic flair".
Or "calm down ur tits m8 get laid or smt" as an actually trashy english speaker would say.
In particular, referring to cross-breeding of related yeasts as "illicit" -- what could be the real purpose here, other than to be off-colourful?