Sequencing a genome is not as simple as reading a book. All those neatly lined up letters are the final product of a complex process...
Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a fungus that infects the human brain. It is the most common cause of neurological fungal infections in arid regions of the...
BioinformaticsFungiG3 JournalGenomicsHuman DiseaseRare DiseasesSequencing
Although foxes look cuddly, these wild animals are equipped with sharp bites—and temperaments to match. Fear not, however, if you’re dying to get close to...
BioinformaticsDomesticationG3 JournalGene ExpressionNeuroscience
Biologists rely on animal models to answer important questions that can’t be addressed with cells in a dish. Often, these animals are deliberately inbred; a...
BioinformaticsComplex Traits & Quantitative GeneticsG3 JournalMammalsModel OrganismsMouse & RatPopulation GeneticsReproducibility
Geneticists increasingly depend on highly specialized software and databases. Although it is vital to the field that these resources be well documented and their benefits...
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation,...
BioinformaticsChromosomesComplex TraitsEvolutionGenetics JournalGenomicsMouse & RatMPP PeopleMultiparental PopulationsPopulation Genetics
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One of the last places you’d expect to find a charged amino acid residue is buried within the hydrophobic interior of a lipid bilayer. And...
Towering sugar pine trees dominate the mountain forests of California and Oregon. They are the tallest pine trees in the world, regularly growing to skyscraper...
BioinformaticsConservation BiologyForestryG3 JournalGenetics JournalGenomicsPlantsSequencingTransposable Elements
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. ...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications from exceptional candidates to be the next director of NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM). NLM...
