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Frontiers of Knowledge: An Interview with 2017 Edward Novitski Prize Recipient Jonathan Hodgkin
The Genetics Society of America’s Edward Novitski Prize recognizes a single experimental accomplishment or a body of work in which an exceptional level of creativity and intellectual ingenuity has been used to design and execute scientific experiments to solve a difficult problem in genetics. The 2017 winner, Jonathan Hodgkin, used elegant genetic studies to unravel…
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Treasure Your Exceptions: An Interview with 2017 George Beadle Award Recipient Susan A. Gerbi
The Genetics Society of America’s George W. Beadle Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers and who exemplify the qualities of its namesake. The 2017 recipient is Susan A. Gerbi, who has been a prominent leader and advocate for the scientific community. In the course of her research…
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Beautiful Piles of Bones: An Interview with 2017 Genetics Society of America Medal Recipient David M. Kingsley
The Genetics Society of America Medal is awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years. Recipients of the GSA Medal are recognized for elegant and highly-meaningful contributions to modern genetics, exemplifying the ingenuity of GSA membership. The 2017 recipient is David M. Kingsley, whose work in…
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New in G3: software and data resources, overdominance in flower color, and histone mutant libraries
Check out the December issue of G3! Table of Contents Software and Data Resources ARSDA: A New Approach for Storing, Transmitting and Analyzing Transcriptomic Data Xuhua Xia G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3839-3848; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300271 rSalvador: An R Package for the Fluctuation Experiment Qi Zheng G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3849-3856; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300120 Investigations…
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December GENETICS Highlights
Check out the December issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Gene Conversion Facilitates Adaptive Evolution on Rugged Fitness Landscapes, pp. 1577–1589 Philip Bittihn and Lev S. Tsimring An important question in evolutionary theory is how adaptation might be hindered on a rugged fitness landscape in the presence of strong selection that…
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Inside the Literature: An Interview with Sally G. Hoskins, 2017 recipient of the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education
The Genetics Society of America’s Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education recognizes significant and sustained impact on genetics education. The 2017 recipient is Sally G. Hoskins, in recognition of her role in developing and promoting the transformative science education method CREATE (Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze and interpret data, and Think of the…