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Bat signals: genomic traces of sensory rewiring
How does evolution rewire an animal’s sensory system? In time for both National Bat Week and Halloween, new research in G3 investigates this question by comparing the genomes of bat species that “see” the world in different ways. The black flying fox Pteropus alecto forages for fruit mainly by smell and sight. In contrast, the…
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GSA Award Essays
Check out the GSA award winners’ essays in this month’s issue of GENETICS! GENETICS SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEDAL Unanticipated Success Stories: An Interview with Angelika Amon “I would argue that under some circumstances, studying yeast cells is a better idea than studying highly transformed human cells in a dish.” THOMAS HUNT MORGAN MEDAL…
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Rare disease expert Kym Boycott joins the GENETICS editorial board
We’re pleased to announce that Kym Boycott (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) has joined the GENETICS Editorial Board. Following Editor-in-Chief Mark Johnston’s call for submissions of human genetics research, Dr. Boycott is a welcome addition to the board’s growing list of editors with expertise in human genetics. Dr. Boycott is a Medical Geneticist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario…
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Zebrafish models for one-of-a-kind families
In this month’s editorial, the Editors of GENETICS invite submissions of human genetics research articles. To kick off the journal’s call for papers, the October issue features an article by Brooks and Wall et al. identifying the cause of a single-family disorder and a commentary by Phil Hieter and Kim Boycott on the power of model organisms…
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Know your Fish: A defined zebrafish line for CRISPR:
Zebrafish develop fast. They are conveniently small. Their embryos are stunningly transparent. But despite their many powerful advantages as a genetic model, they have a drawback that complicates the use of methods like CRISPR, morpholino knockdown, and RNAseq: they are not great inbreeders. Because inbred zebrafish stocks tend to be sickly, most research relies on…