Rectangular order perturbations generalize sign epistasis, capture global aspects of fitness landscapes, and clarify how rank order approaches relate.

A new mathematical approach can infer higher order genetic interactions from pairwise fitness comparisons between genotypes.

An analysis of 10,395 research publications about COVID-19 that mention at least one human gene reveals that many genes implicated in SARS-CoV-2 infection by genome-wide studies remain unstudied.

The acquisition of immunity to malaria by an individual depends on their age and the number of infectious mosquito bites they have received.

The use of Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) improves the proper use of cell lines in the biomedical literature.

An analysis of review, promotion and tenure documents from 129 US and Canadian universities suggests institutions could better fulfill their public missions by changing how they incentivize the public dimensions of faculty work.

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