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January GENETICS centennial highlights!
Celebrate our centennial by checking out the Highlights below or the full Table of Contents here! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS This Month’s Centennial Articles A new century of GENETICS, pp. 1-2 Mark Johnston Editor-in-Chief Mark Johnston launches the second century of GENETICS and our year-long centennial celebrations. Sewall Wright on evolution in Mendelian populations and the “Shifting Balance,”…
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No, seriously – you need an Individual Development Plan
GSA member Krista Dobi, new faculty and former Trainee Advisory Representative to the GSA Board of Directors, tells Genes to Genomes about the importance of an Individual Development Plan (IDP). January: a time to consider resolutions for the upcoming calendar year. Since it’s the midpoint of the academic year, it’s also a great time to assess…
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Anxious chickens as a model for human behavior
Chickens that “chicken out” in unfamiliar surroundings may shed light on anxiety in humans, according to research published in the January 2016 issue of the journal GENETICS. Domestic chickens are much less anxious than their wild cousins, the red junglefowl. The new research identifies genes that contribute to this behavioral variation and reveals that several…
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If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t zebrafish
A radio ad for the seafood restaurant chain Legal Sea Foods highlights the importance of zebrafish. The restaurant’s CEO, Roger Berkowitz, calls the zebrafish his favorite fish because, “unlike the lazy boring perch, you’re important in genetic research.” The ad goes on to highlight the work of zebrafish researcher Dr. Leonard Zon at Boston…
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New in G3: mutagenic CpGs, maternal mice, and multi-trait mapping
Check out the January issue of G3! Investigations Genomic Prediction Accounting for Residual Heteroskedasticity Zhining Ou, Robert J. Tempelman, Juan P. Steibel, Catherine W. Ernst, Ronald O. Bates, and Nora M. Bello G3 January 2016 6:1-13; Early Online November 12, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.022897 Abstract | Full Text | Full Text (PDF) | Supporting Information Comparative Genomics…
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Calvin Bridges: Bringing genes down to earth
When sharp-eyed 20-year-old Calvin Bridges entered Columbia University in 1909, the word “gene” had just been coined. At that time, the term was profoundly abstract, referring to “factors” or “conditions” that could be glimpsed only through the window of statistical analysis. Seven years later, Bridges and his colleagues had brought these mysterious factors firmly down…
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Win a FREE TRIP to TAGC16
We are looking for outgoing and dynamic people to help recruit sponsors for the TAGC conference in Orlando, FL. Whether you are a student, postdoc, professor, or working outside of academia, you are eligible to participate! We will provide the training, a script, and the prospect list. You are also welcome to use contacts from your…
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Funding Opportunity: NCI Predoc to Postdoc Transition Award
NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has issued a request for applications (RFA) for a new program that will bridge predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Its aim “is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated potential and interest in pursuing careers as independent cancer researchers.” Similar to NIH’s Pathway to Independence Award (which bridges postdoctoral training…
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GENETICS turns 100: marking the past, mapping the future
In 1916, in the very first issue of GENETICS, Calvin Bridges published his proof that genes are carried on chromosomes. One hundred years later, genetics is again at the brink of a major transformation, as efficient genome engineering becomes a reality. During this century of incredible advances, GENETICS, published by the Genetics Society of…
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An uncertain future for biological databases
An article in the most recent issue of Science highlights a growing concern about the continued support of the biological databases on which our community depends. Indeed, 2015 GSA President Jasper Rine was quoted as saying these resources are “critical for our daily life as geneticists and biomedical researchers.” Many of the model organism databases (MODs) used…