Genetics

Hybrids: Evolution in action? Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin’s finches

Annotated by Kate Perry

Annotated on 04/29/2020

Originally published 01/12/2018

Can Crick crack the code? On the Genetic Code

Annotated by Staci Hill

Annotated on 05/31/2019

Originally published 02/08/1963

Shooting the messenger: Editing RNA mutations RNA editing with CRISPR-Cas13

Annotated by Natalia Kruglova

Annotated on 05/16/2019

Originally published 11/24/2017

Tell-tail signs of dual dog domestication Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs

Annotated by Hazel O'Connor

Annotated on 02/12/2019

Originally published 06/03/2016

Lichen takes more than two to tango Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens

Annotated by Anne Farrell , Shannon Margaret Soucy

Annotated on 01/07/2019

Originally published 07/21/2016

Out of Africa: What skin color tells us about human evolution Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

Annotated by Allison Mayle , Beth Ruedi PhD

Annotated on 04/25/2018

Originally published 10/12/2017

CRISPR-Cas9 vs. DNA: A knockout Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in human cells

Annotated by Justin German, Ian Ahrens, Regg Strotheide …

Annotated on 12/06/2017

Originally published 01/03/2014

CSI Africa: Tracking ivory poachers Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa’s major poaching hotspots

Annotated by Travis Dittmer, Paul Beardsley

Annotated on 08/18/2016

Originally published 07/03/2015

Can we handle the power of CRISPR? The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous to homozygous mutations

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 07/26/2016

Originally published 04/24/2015

Origin of immunity Fate mapping analysis reveals that adult microglia derive from primitive macrophages

Annotated by Tatiana Schnieder

Annotated on 07/18/2016

Originally published 11/05/2010

A golden fish reveals pigmentation loss in Europeans SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans

Annotated by Brett Robison, Sandra Blumenrath

Annotated on 05/20/2016

Originally published 12/16/2005

There's a new kid in town Rapid evolution of a native species following invasion by a congener

Annotated by Fred Wasserman, Sandra Blumenrath

Annotated on 04/15/2016

Originally published 10/24/2014

Lighting up life Green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 03/18/2016

Originally published 02/11/1994

Does smoking make a man less of a man? Smoking is associated with mosaic loss of chromosome Y

Annotated by Robin Williamson

Annotated on 12/11/2015

Originally published 01/02/2015

It's not easy being green tomatoes Uniform ripening encodes a Golden 2-like transcription factor regulating tomato fuit chloroplast development

Annotated by Cristina Walcher-Chevillet

Annotated on 09/04/2015

Originally published 06/29/2012

Stop! Codon time! Stop codon reassignments in the wild

Annotated by Parmit Singh

Annotated on 06/12/2015

Originally published 05/23/2014

Shape shifters of the plant world Leaf shape evolution through duplication, regulatory didversification, and loss of a homeobox gene

Annotated by Greg Crowther

Annotated on 05/15/2015

Originally published 02/14/2014

How did dogs become our best friend? Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs

Annotated by Barthélémy Caron, Cécile Gaston, Amaury Monmeyran

Annotated on 03/20/2015

Originally published 11/15/2013

Budding yeast cells turn back the clock Gametogenesis eliminates age-induced cellular damage and resets life span in yeast

Annotated by Brett Robison

Annotated on 02/20/2015

Originally published 06/24/2011

One RING to fool them all: Shedding light on BRCA1 mutations BRCA1 tumor suppression depends on BRCT phosphoprotein binding, but not its E3 ligase activity

Annotated by Adam Thomas

Annotated on 02/06/2015

Originally published 10/28/2011

Do birds of a feather flock together? Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

Annotated by Jennifer Susan Stancill

Annotated on 11/28/2014

Originally published 05/23/2014

Jumping genes! Dosage compensation via transposable element mediated rewiring of a regulatory network

Annotated by Parmit Singh

Annotated on 10/10/2014

Originally published 11/15/2013

New neurons stand out from the crowd Emergence of individuality in genetically identical mice

Annotated by Stephanie Redmond

Annotated on 08/01/2014

Originally published 05/10/2013

Can DNA enhance your look? Fine tuning of craniofacial morphology by distant-acting enhancers

Annotated by Katherine Woronowicz

Annotated on 05/15/2014

Originally published 10/25/2013

How dynamic is your virus? Population dynamics of immune responses to persistent viruses

Annotated by Fanny Bernardon

Annotated on 02/04/2014

Originally published 04/05/1996

What the pelvis can teach us about evolution Adaptive evolution of pelvic reduction in sticklebacks by recurrent deletion of a Pitx1 enhancer

Annotated by Gillian R. Siegal

Annotated on 07/24/2013

Originally published 12/10/2009