Science & Publishing

Researchers show that the key to helping crops withstand shifting conditions may lie in balancing speed with flexibility.

In 2022, GENETICS debuted its first annual overview of selected knowledgebases. In continuance of that tradition, this year’s piece will discuss 12 knowledgebase updates with an emphasis on economically important plant Model Organism Databases (MODs). MODs, which first appeared in the 1990s, are sophisticated knowledgebases that aim to organize and integrate heterogeneous published knowledge for…

Discover how Alex Harkess’ quest to make genomics education accessible sparked a nationwide movement where students sequence beloved campus plants, publish real research, and unlock new pathways into science—one genome at a time.

We are excited to welcome two new editors, Lynn Cooley and Sushma Naithani, to the GENETICS editorial team, while Arash Bashirullah will step down as Senior Advisory Editor after three-and-a-half years with GENETICS.

New research published in GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics demonstrates that from telomeres in yeast to mushroom cap development, fungal genetics continues to connect molecular precision with evolutionary insight and real-world innovation.

The last two years have seen rapid growth in the resources available to the Drosophila community.  Despite the mounting pressure on our colleagues at FlyBase due to reduced funding and recent policy changes, they continue to provide outsized value.  In 2024, FlyBase released a thorough set of updates[1] ,1 and continued integration into The Alliance of…