Genetics and Genomics

Genetics and Genomics

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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
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    DNA methylation insulates genic regions from CTCF loops near nuclear speckles

    Shelby A Roseman, Allison P Siegenfeld ... Brian B Liau
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Computer prediction and genetic analysis identifies retinoic acid modulation as a driver of conserved longevity pathways in genetically-diverse Caenorhabditis nematodes

    Stephen A Banse, Christine A Sedore ... Patrick C Phillips
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the European common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis

    Simone Rencken, Georgi Tushev ... Gilles Laurent
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    The C. elegans gustatory receptor homolog LITE-1 is a chemoreceptor required for diacetyl avoidance

    Alan Koh, Eduard Bokman ... André EX Brown
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Specific modulation of CRISPR transcriptional activators through RNA-sensing guide RNAs in mammalian cells and zebrafish embryos

    Oana Pelea, Sarah Mayes ... Tatjana Sauka-Spengler
    RNA-sensing guide RNAs provide a programmable platform for conditional, sequence-specific activation of CRISPR-Cas9 upon RNA detection in diverse biological contexts.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Refining the resolution of the yeast genotype–phenotype map using single-cell RNA-sequencing

    Arnaud N'Guessan, Wen Yuan Tong ... Alex N Nguyen Ba
    Single-cell RNA sequencing of thousands of yeast progeny reveals how gene expression differences and heritability drive phenotypic diversity.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fast evolutionary turnover and overlapping variances of sex-biased gene expression patterns defy a simple binary sex-classification of somatic tissues

    Chen Xie, Sven Künzel, Diethard Tautz
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Coordinated Tbx3/Tbx5 transcriptional control of the adult ventricular conduction system

    Ozanna Burnicka-Turek, Katy A Trampel ... Ivan P Moskowitz
    Coordinated removal of Tbx3 and Tbx5 function alters the molecular features of the fast ventricular cardiac conduction system toward non-conduction working myocardium, illuminating transcriptional control of cardiac conduction system patterning.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Rapid and inducible mislocalization of endogenous TDP43 in a novel human model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Johanna Ganssauge, Sophie Hawkins ... Akshay Bhinge
    A novel human iPSC-derived model induces mislocalization of endogenous TDP-43 without mutations or stress, recapitulating key ALS features including deficits in neuronal loss and morphology, splicing errors, and microRNA dysregulation.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Heterozygous variants in PLCG1 affect hearing, vision, cardiac, and immune function

    Mengqi Ma, Yiming Zheng ... Hugo J Bellen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
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