Articles by Editorial Staff (439 results)

Check out the April issue of G3! Meeting Report Evolution of Plant Phenotypes, from Genomes to Traits Josep M. Casacuberta, Scott Jackson, Olivier Panaud, Michael Purugganan, and Jonathan Wendel G3 April 2016 6:775-778; Early Online February 11, 2016 doi:10.1534/g3.115.025502 Full Text | Full Text (PDF) Investigations Utilizing Gene Tree Variation to Identify Candidate Effector Genes…

Check out the the April issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! This Month’s Centennial Articles Motoo Kimura and James Crow on the infinitely many alleles model pp. 1243–1245 Warren J. Ewens Warren J. Ewens introduces Kimura and Crow’s 1964 GENETICS Classic The number of alleles that can be maintained in…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Brent Neumann Senior Research Fellow Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology Monash University Melbourne, Australia Lab website Twitter:  @NeumannLab   Research program: We use…

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to support a new round of GSA Trainee-Organized Symposia, which are organized by student and postdoctoral members of the Society. These outstanding events will receive up to $2,000 each in funding to cover direct meeting costs, such as speaker travel, facility rental, and promotional supplies. The goal…

  Bess Frost submitted the second abstract for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), less than 30 minutes after the first submission. Find out more about her work and why she’s coming to TAGC.   Bess Frost, PhD Assistant Professor Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Faculty…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Josefa Steinhauer Assistant Professor of Biology Yeshiva University Lab website   Research program: We are interested in lipid-mediated signaling in Drosophila. Phospholipids usually play structural…

Check out the the March issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! This Month’s Centennial Articles Richard Hudson and Norman Kaplan on the coalescent process, pp. 865–866 Nicholas H. Barton Senior Editor Nicholas H. Barton introduces Hudson and Kaplan’s 1988 Classic, which extended the coalescent process to include selection, applying it…

  There are only two weeks remaining until several deadlines for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC): abstract submission, early registration, and travel award and childcare grant applications are all due March 23, 2016.   Abstract Submission Submit by March 23 – late abstracts will not be accepted Meeting Registration Save up to $200 by registering on or before…

It’s International Women’s Day and we are celebrating by highlighting outstanding women geneticists. Women like Rosalind Franklin  have made—and continue to make—essential contributions to the field of genetics. GSA has partnered with the Gruber Foundation and the American Society of Human Genetics to recognize young women with the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award for research in genetics. The award…

Check out the March issue of G3! Investigations Partial Dominance, Overdominance, Epistasis and QTL by Environment Interactions Contribute to Heterosis in Two Upland Cotton Hybrids Lianguang Shang, Yumei Wang, Shihu Cai, Xiaocui Wang, Yuhua Li, Abdugheni Abduweli, and Jinping Hua G3 March 2016 6:499-507; Early Online December 29, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.025809 Abstract | Full Text |…

  Emerita member Kathleen Triman was the first person to register for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC). Here she tells us why she can’t wait.   Kathleen L. Triman, PhD Professor Emerita Department of Biology Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA  17603   Why are you excited to participate in TAGC? Genetics is my lifelong fascination! TAGC…