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Gain or loss? Time to rethink how we describe gain-of-function mutations
Characterizing how mutations bring about phenotypic changes is a common strategy for identifying molecular underpinnings. A perspective article in GENETICS challenges the way researchers categorize mutations as gain-of-function and advises how to avoid misleading labeling.
How many genes is too many? Breeding crops to withstand the elements
From Arabidopsis to Zea mays, there’s a knowledgebase for that
How iconic campus trees can help build equity in genomic education
Editorial Board Updates at GENETICS
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Why fungi matter: Highlights from the GSA Journals Fungal Genetics and Genomics Series
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.
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Tools for the Fly community brought to you by the GSA Journals
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…
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G3 and GENETICS welcome six new editors this winter
We’re excited to welcome a new group of editors to the G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics and GENETICS editorial teams. We can’t wait to see the incredible insights these new faces will bring to our Journals.
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An automated analytical pipeline for solving the GWAS puzzle
A new bioinformatic GWAS pipeline enables automated, multi-faceted analysis of the
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New study suggests Elg1-RLC strays from the beaten path to safeguard replication stress
A new study in GENETICS reveals how the PCNA unloader Elg1-RLC protects replication forks during DNA damage, operating in a noncanonical pathway that safeguards genome stability when checkpoint signaling is compromised.
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The great genetic swap: Rethinking essentiality in fruit fly reproduction
The word “essential” carries weight in genetics: lose the gene, lose the function. Luke Arnce, Jaclyn Bubnell, and Charles Aquadro challenge this intuition in a recent focused comparative study of germline stem-cell (GSC) biology across Drosophila species in G3:Genes|Genomes|Genetics. They tested the famed bag-of-marbles (bam) gene for its conserved function as a switch for daughter…









