Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Resetting of H3K4me2 during mammalian parental-to-zygote transition

    Chong Wang, Yang Li ... Jiawei Xu
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Optics-free reconstruction of shapes, images and volumes with DNA barcode proximity graphs

    Hanna Liao, Sanjay Kottapalli ... Sanjay Srivatsan
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Pre-Cambrian origin of envelope-carrying retrotransposons in metazoans

    Shashank Chary, Rippei Hayashi
    Envelope-carrying Ty3/gypsy LTR retrotransposons are ancient and widespread across animals, revealing deep evolutionary links between retroelements, viral fusogens, and retroviruses.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Systematic cross-study assessment of RNA-Seq experimental workflows for plasma cell-free transcriptome profiling

    Cristina Tuñí-Domínguez, Giovanni Asole ... Julien Lagarde
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Genomic variation and ancestry of Helicobacter pylori in the admixed population of Cabo Verde reveal host adaptation, limited host–pathogen ancestry concordance, and signatures of trans-Atlantic slave trade migrations

    Timothy Archampong, Yi Ling Tam ... Sandra Beleza
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Life-stage-specific specialities in the cell atlases of the Clytia hemisphaerica planula and medusa

    Anna Ferraioli, Julia Ramon Mateu ... Richard R Copley
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Starvation transforms signal encoding in C. elegans thermoresponsive neurons and suppresses heat avoidance via bidirectional glutamatergic and peptidergic signaling

    Saurabh Thapliyal, Parvathi Sushama Gopinath, Dominique A Glauser
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Genome-wide architecture of prolonged starvation adaptation in experimentally evolved Drosophila and comparative enrichment in human orthologs

    Gaurav Yadav, Prachi Mishra ... Dau Dayal Aggarwal
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Ecology

    Eco-genomic analysis uncovers precision-conservation targets for the western Pacific’s southernmost salmonid

    Yi-Chien Lee, Zong-Yu Shen ... Sheng-Feng Shen
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Multiple molecular pathways to longevity with opposing gene expression programs defining distinct aging strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Zenith D Rudich, Jiaxi Guan ... Jeremy M Van Raamsdonk
    Comparing gene expression across a panel of nine long-lived mutants in a single study reveals that these mutants utilize both common and unique genetic strategies to achieve long life.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Medicine

    Responding to peer reviewers

    Eric Kalkhoven, Manon Kluijtmans
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Written out of history

    Lisa M Thomann, Julie Batut
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosomes: Finding a role for non-coding DNA in trypanosomes

    Markus R Schmidt

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    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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    Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
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    National Cancer Institute, United States
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