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Articles by Guest Author (141 results)
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Science & Publishing
Strengthening scientific publishing through peer review training at the GSA Journals
To celebrate Peer Review Week 2023, we take a look at how the GSA Journals Peer Review Training Program has evolved over the past six years to provide important experience and training to early career scientists.
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News
The butternut’s big reveal
An international collaboration reveals the genetic secrets of endangered species. Butternuts are soft and oily, with a light walnut flavor that lingers on the tongue. But few Americans have tasted this endangered native. Now, University of Connecticut undergraduates have published the first full map of the unusual tree’s DNA in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. The butternut is…
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New study offers African American genealogical information unrecoverable from written record.
Beyond understanding the admixture process behind the African American population, this model could help in uncovering African Americans’ genealogical fingerprint. We often look to the past to understand the present. Many Americans can trace their genealogies to the 1600s, but for the African American population, understanding of our past is often halted in 1870. This…
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News
The Spanish Multilingual Seminar: Challenges of communicating science as Spanish speakers
Carla Bautista Rodriguez is a PhD candidate in evolutionary biology at Laval University (Canada) and a member of the Genetics Society of America. She is also passionate about outreach and scientific communication. She is an active member of various American and Spanish societies that are dedicated to bringing science to the general public. The GSA…
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Community Voices
Gabbing on Gattaca: a GENETICS Author Q&A
Authors Doc Edge and Brandon Ogbunu discuss their new Perspectives article, which uses the film Gattaca and its 25th anniversary as a framework for discussing societal fears about genetic science.
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Science & Publishing
The silver lining of bioinformatics
Bioinformatics—a scientific discipline that aims to curate, analyze, and distribute biological data—is facing a crisis: a deluge of data is overwhelming laboratories and existing infrastructure. Biologists, especially those working in genome sciences, have recognized the importance of big data: in just two decades, the number of genome sequences has increased 10,000-fold (from 180,000 to 1.8…
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Science & Publishing
The population genetics of microbial moonwalking
On scientific laws, classic dances, and a new study about molecular evolution…in reverse.
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Gene-drive strain of African malaria mosquito holds up against mutations
When female Anopheles mosquitoes take a blood meal from someone with malaria, a tiny Plasmodium parasite enters the mosquito’s digestive tract. That parasite can invade the mosquito’s salivary tissues, so when the insect takes another blood meal, the intruder can slip into the next human host and start a new malaria infection. Malaria is a…
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Doing science as a non-native English speaker: Important takeaways from the first Portuguese Multilingual Seminar
Guest post by J. Humberto Cunha, Danielle F. Mello, and Jadson Carlos dos Santos. The Genetics Society of America, Portuguese Multilingual Seminar took place on November 16, 2021, and was attended by four guest panelists and three organizers with diverse scientific backgrounds, from different regions of the world. The panel was designed to represent the…
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Trans exclusion in sports: a discriminatory and erroneous tradition
I am a former women’s NCAA swimmer, and I support Lia Thomas. Guest post by Sam Sharpe PhD. interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth is the oldest and largest nonprofit dedicated to advancing the legal and human rights of people born with intersex traits. Founded in 2006, interACT oversees the largest youth-led intersex advocacy group in…
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Leadership training for early career researchers
Guest post by Madhumala K. Sadanandappa, PhD and Kaushal Kumar Bhati, PhD Beyond the more traditional aspects of benchwork, publishing, and acquiring funding, running a successful lab involves developing various skills that are often less discussed in academia. This includes managing lab personnel, budgeting, building an inclusive and collaborative environment, and resolving conflicts—all of which…