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Articles tagged Genetics Journal
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From flies to potential therapeutics: new insights into treating aggressive childhood tumors published in GENETICS
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using an unexpected ally in the fight against a devastating childhood brain cancer: fruit flies. In a new GENETICS study, Sam Krabbenhoft and the labs of Peter Lewis and Melissa Harrison developed a Drosophila model to explore the genetic drivers of pediatric diffuse midline glioma—a rare, aggressive tumor…
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Re-introducing David Hogness, a pioneer of molecular genetics and developmental biology.
Nowadays, we don’t think twice about running a Q-PCR to check the expression of our favorite gene, or to sequence a genomic region to identify a mutation that causes an interesting phenotype. In contrast, 50 years ago, it could take an entire PhD to accomplish such a task. Molecular genetics has evolved at an exponential…
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GENETICS and G3 welcome new Senior and Associate Editors
Welcome to our newest editors! Guilherme da Silva Pereira, Li-Lin Du, Jullian Catchen, and Dan Bergstralh join G3 as Associate Editors; Leo Parts and Athma Pai join GENETICS as Associate Editors; and Joanna Masel joins GENETICS as a Senior Editor.
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Hold the salt: Study shows standard worm food NaCl levels accelerate aging
A new study in GENETICS has a “circuitous” origin story, according to equal investigator Brian M. Egan. When Egan showed Kerry Kornfeld his inconclusive Caenorhabditis elegans data on how varying concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) affect the anti-aging activity of the blood pressure drug captopril, Kornfeld noticed an unexpected difference in the controls. Since C.…
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Papers that are addressing the challenges of new technology
New in G3: Papers tackling the promises and pitfalls of technology—from machine learning limits to mapping bias and beyond. Have work that confronts tough questions? Submit today.
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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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Telomeres outside the Goldilocks zone cause problems for yeast and humans
A new study in GENETICS investigates the role of generational inheritance of long telomeres in yeast cells.
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A first of its kind C. elegans study uncovers the diversity and evolution of gene regulation
A new paper in GENETICS shows how multiple strains of C. elegans developed their own unique methods for controlling gene activity.
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Genes in context: How lifestyle and socioeconomic conditions shape the genetics of complex traits
Two new studies published in GENETICS explore how lifestyle and social context influence our understanding of complex health traits like blood pressure
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GENETICS Expands Primers Section
Beth De Stasio of Lawrence University will serve as Senior Editor and work with a newly formed team of six Associate Editors to expand the publication of Primers in GENETICS.
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The little worm that could (escape light): a single nerve cell helps C. elegans escape harmful UV exposure
It’s hard to imagine, but the tiny, translucent roundworm called C. elegans has approximately 20,470 protein-coding genes—about the same number as humans. This is perhaps one of the many reasons why this common worm was the first multicellular organism to have its genome completely sequenced during the Human Genome Project in 1998. Studying C. elegans…