Improved duplex sequencing identifies spontaneous mutations in bacteria without long-term culturing. Spontaneous mutations are the driving force of evolution, yet, our ability to detect and...

BacteriaBioinformaticsData & DatabasesEvolutionGenetics JournalGenomicsSequencing

Machine learning and access to ever-expanding databases improves genomic prediction of human traits. In theory, a scientist could predict your height using just your genome...

BioinformaticsComplex Traits & Quantitative GeneticsData & DatabasesGenetics JournalGenomicsHeredityHuman Evolution and Variation

A new genome assembly for Antarctic fur seals sheds light on their historic comeback after 19th century hunting. In the late 19th century, the Antarctic...

Conservation BiologyFundamental ResearchG3 JournalGenomicsMammalsPopulation GeneticsVertebrates

The recipient of the 2018 Crow Award reveals details of flu evolution at the smallest —and largest—scales. For many viral diseases, a vaccine can provide...

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A new study reveals genetic changes that affect social behavior in chickens. We have a number of phrases that relate human behavior to that of...

BehaviorGenetics JournalGenomicsLivestock

Elaborate genome rearrangements take nesting to the extreme. Oxytricha trifallax is a single-celled virtuoso of genome rearrangement. Oxytricha is a ciliate, and like all ciliates,...

CiliatesGenomics

In 1983, the median lifespan for people born with Down syndrome in the US was only 25 years. Today, due to better treatments for some...

GenomicsHuman Disease

Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a fungus that infects the human brain. It is the most common cause of neurological fungal infections in arid regions of the...

BioinformaticsFungiG3 JournalGenomicsHuman DiseaseRare DiseasesSequencing

Every scientist is familiar with the p-value: it’s one of the most commonly used metrics in statistics to evaluate the likeliness that an observed relationship...

Data & DatabasesGenetics JournalGenomics

When a mutation arises in an egg or sperm cell, it could be evolutionarily important. But if a mutation occurs in somatic tissue instead, the...

Cancer GeneticsGenome IntegrityGenomicsHuman Evolution & Variation