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Announcing the new “Functional Genomics and Systems Biology” section in GENETICS

The GSA Journals are introducing Functional Genomics and Systems Biology, a new section led by Brenda Andrews and Marian Walhout that highlights systems-level studies of genetic networks and pathways.

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