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New associate editor, Beatriz Vicoso, joins GENETICS
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS in the Empirical Population and Evolutionary Genetics section. We’re excited to welcome Beatriz Vicoso to the editorial team. Beatriz VicosoAssociate Editor Beatriz Vicoso is an evolutionary biologist with a broad interest in how and why genomes change over time. Her research has focused on the evolution of sex…
Hongyu Zhao joins GENETICS as new Senior Editor
Parrot plumage study aids breeders and endangered natural populations
GENETICS welcomes Sarah Otto as an associate editor
Scientists pinpoint the “fight” in fighting chickens
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Congratulations to the #TAGC24 Poster Award winners!
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the GSA Poster Awards for posters presented at The Allied Genetics Conference 2024! Undergraduate and graduate student members of GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations. Congratulations to all! Faith Akoachere, Syracuse University Functional characterization of systemic RNA interference in…
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Cracking the pear genome: how students helped unlock a new tool for the pear industry
Pears are big business in the United States’ Pacific Northwest. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries? This slow process is difficult and costly, requiring the long-term commitment of labor, materials, and land-space resources. However, traditional pear breeding might get some help from genomics, thanks to a unique…
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GSA Journals Sweepstakes
Submit your research to GENETICS or G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics before April 30, 2024 for a chance to publish for FREE!
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Xin Li joins GENETICS as associate editor
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS. We’re excited to welcome Xin Li to the editorial team. Xin LiAssociate Editor Xin Li is the Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University and serves as the Executive Director of the Center for RNA Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University in the Department of Biological…
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New associate editor, Xiajing Tong, joins GENETICS
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS. We’re excited to welcome Xiajing Tong to the editorial team. Xiajing TongAssociate Editor Xiajing Tong obtained her BS from the University of Science and Technology of China and earned her PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She conducted her postdoctoral training with Joshua Kaplan at Massachusetts General…
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New study finds corn genome can gang up on multiple pathogens at once
In a changing climate, corn growers need to be ready for anything, including new and shifting disease dynamics. Because it’s impossible to predict which damaging disease will pop up in a given year, corn with resistance to multiple diseases would be a huge win for growers. Now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers are moving the…