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Articles by Guest Author (166 results)
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Science & PublishingMay the fourth be with you: Drosophila’s dot chromosome is open for business
New tools published in GENETICS enable researchers to study genes on the elusive fourth chromosome.
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Science & PublishingPlanting a seed for peanut diversity
Crunchy vs. smooth? Try fastigiata vs. hypogae. Mobilizing peanut diversity on smallholder farms can help improve global food production.
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Science & PublishingStrengthening 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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Science & PublishingThe 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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NewsThe 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 VoicesGabbing 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 & PublishingThe 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 & PublishingThe population genetics of microbial moonwalking
On scientific laws, classic dances, and a new study about molecular evolution…in reverse.
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Science & PublishingWolverine genome assembly sets a standard for conservation geneticists
Chromosome-level assembly of the North American wolverine sets a new standard for the weasel (Mustelidae) family.
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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…