Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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Latest articles

    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Reproducibility of Scientific Claims in Drosophila Immunity: A Retrospective Analysis of 400 Publications

    Hannah Westlake, Fabrice David ... Bruno Lemaitre
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    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    A retrospective analysis of 400 publications reveals patterns of irreproducibility across an entire life sciences research field

    Joseph Lemaitre, Désirée Popelka ... Bruno Lemaitre
    Not revised
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Single-cell transcriptomics of X-ray irradiated Drosophila wing discs reveals heterogeneity related to cell-cycle status and cell location

    Joyner Cruz, Willam Y Sun ... Iswar K Hariharan
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Non-visual light modulates behavioral memory and gene expression in C. elegans

    Zhijian Ji, Bingying Wang ... Dengke K Ma
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A novel high-throughput single-cell DNA sequencing method reveals hidden genomic heterogeneity in the unicellular eukaryote Leishmania

    Gabriel H Negreira, Pieter Monsieurs ... Malgorzata A Domagalska
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    • Important
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Heterogenous associations of polygenic indices of 35 traits with mortality

    Hannu Lahtinen, Jaakko Kaprio ... Pekka Martikainen
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    The RNA-binding protein HuR modulates the expression of the disease-linked CCL2 rs1024611G-rs13900T haplotype

    Feroz Akhtar, Joselin Hernandez Ruiz ... Srinivas Mummidi
    Bioinformatics, RNA-protein interactions, and HuR-based functional studies demonstrated that the rs13900T allele modulates CCL2 transcript levels, providing a functional link between the CCL2 rs1024611G-rs13900T haplotype and disease susceptibility/progression.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

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

    Markus R Schmidt
    Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Khdc3 Regulates Metabolism Across Generations in a DNA-Independent Manner

    Liana Senaldi, Nora Hassan ... Matthew Smith-Raska
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    The Impact of Stability Considerations on Genetic Fine-mapping

    Alan J Aw, Lionel Chentian Jin ... Yun S Song
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    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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    Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
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