There’s no such thing as an obese plant. But that doesn’t mean plants can’t teach us something about fat. In the September issue of GENETICS,...
Genes involved in male reproduction tend to evolve rapidly. This has been observed in many different species and is thought to be due to sexual...
In the 1940s, C. H. Waddington discovered a peculiar phenomenon in fruit flies: traits could appear in response to environmental stress in an individual’s lifetime...
DevelopmentDrosophilaEpigeneticsEvo-DevoEvolutionGenetics Journal
Guest post by Aurora MacRae-Crerar. Hosted at the University of Pennsylvania, this year’s Evolution in Philadelphia Conference (EPiC) aimed to foster collaboration among early career evolutionary biologists....
Career Development SymposiaEvolutionGSA Trainee-Organized Symposia
Rice is one of the most important food crops on earth. Like many other plants, the genome of this critical global species is dominated by...
AgricultureEvolutionG3 JournalGenomicsPlantsTransposable Elements
They rattle as warning, but during the hunt their strike is silent and sudden. Any rabbit or mouse targeted by a rattlesnake is doomed—the snake’s...
Complex TraitsEvolutionGene ExpressionPopulation GeneticsReptilesWildlife
Humans built the modern world with the help of domestic plants and animals. A byproduct of our many domestication experiments is a series of excellent...
DomesticationEvolutionG3 JournalGenomicsLivestockPopulation Genetics
Fascinating discoveries sometimes emerge from the most daunting of experimental roadblocks. Designed to generate over 1,000 recombinant inbred mice lines for genetic mapping, the Collaborative...
ChromosomesComplex TraitsEvolutionG3 JournalGenetics JournalGenetics of SexMammalsModel OrganismsMouse & RatMultiparental Populations
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation,...
AgingComplex TraitsDrosophilaEvolutionG3 JournalGenetics JournalMPP PeopleMultiparental Populations
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation,...
BioinformaticsChromosomesComplex TraitsEvolutionGenetics JournalGenomicsMouse & RatMPP PeopleMultiparental PopulationsPopulation Genetics
