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You're right about bananas. Wild bananas are mostly big inedible seeds with the thinnest layer of edible pulp between them. Bananas are actually another reason why genetic research is important; bananas are a monoculture -- all bananas you buy at the store are genetically identical, clones of each other. If you've ever noticed that banana candy doesn't taste like bananas, that's because they taste like the OLD kind of banana that has gone extinct because of a fungal infection, and the new kind of banana that farmers started growing afterward is less sweet (and no less at risk of an extinction-causing disease).

Good luck in the job hunt!