Genetics Society of America

The Genetics Society of America is a professional scientific society representing genetics researchers and educators globally.

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Congrats to our 2026 GSA Award recipients! They have made significant contributions to science, including scientific discoveries, mentoring, creation of community resources, & education. Learn more: https://t.co/8vZd13sJmG

Join us in celebrating their accomplishments.👏

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📢 NEW GENOME ALERT in #G3journal

Dive into the comprehensive genomic and #transcriptomic resource from @HottaKohji lab, covering all developmental stages of Phallusia mammillata, an ascidian model to study developmental biology.

🔗 https://t.co/NYVipgogGe

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A set of mutation accumulation lines reveals the evolution of the mutational process in #Celegans, identifying the effects of nucleotide substitutions and indel mutations on fitness and natural selection.

Learn more in #GENETICS: 🔗 https://t.co/PcbxcDl1kQ

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A #Drosophila-specific gene, Shrew, accelerates dorsal-ventral axis specification as an adaptation to selective pressure, suggesting that developmental processes are adaptable phenotypes. 🪰

Find out more in #GENETICS: 🔗 https://t.co/70XIwejqBC

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In the latest episode of Genetics in Your World, Randall J. Roper speaks on his research on sex-specific skeletal deficits in Down syndrome model mice and the importance of improving health outcomes for individuals with Down syndrome. 🎧: https://t.co/mghzMD3Yra

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A #transcriptomics study in #G3journal investigates the association between genome-wide mRNA polyA tail profiles and sexual dimorphism in #Celegans, revealing sex-dependent differences in gene expression and polyA tail metabolism. 🪱

🔗 https://t.co/7DCMGR4Cze

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⚒️ Tools to solve #reproducibility challenges in #GWAS

A new study in #GENETICS shows how top associations in #pancreascancer can be entirely lost due to small differences in data preparation, emphasizing the need for making data processing choices clear.
https://t.co/fj3yJzRbqd

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Read the full issue: https://t.co/NWVyGj6IwN

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In the June #GENETICS cover a single tiled confocal slice shows a Drosophila ovary with dying vitellogenic egg chambers caused by brain dopamine deficiency. Cleaved Dcp-1 (red): apoptotic egg chambers; DAPI (white): nuclei.

📸: Rodrigo Nunes, Daniela Drummond-Barbosa

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The June #G3Journal cover shows a grove of Great Basin bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Inyo National Forest, in California (Neale DB et al. jkag064). Read the issue now: https://t.co/Wj3LRS47yw

📸: Victoria Vaughn, Vaughn Films

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@ca_turcotte and @mei_newt employed whole-genome sequencing to study spontaneous meiotic nondisjunction of the metacentric chromosome 2 in #Drosophila, identifying chromosome-specific mechanisms of meiotic nondisjunction. 🪰

Learn more in #GENETICS: 🔗 https://t.co/mmQw2C3Xhy

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ATTENTION #worm researchers 🪱

Check out the latest #proteome resource for #Celegans in #G3journal

WormTagDB is an interactive, community-updatable resource that consolidates all known endogenously tagged alleles.

🔗 https://t.co/5gnQamMiKw

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New report from @bentonlab in #G3journal used #GWAS, #transcriptome-to-phenotype, and mutant analyses to identify genes linked to octanoic acid resistance, revealing evolutionary pathways in the species-specific tolerance of toxins in #drosophilids. 🪰

🔗 https://t.co/cnqRBirxof

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Is there a relationship between mutation rate and diet? 🧬 🥘

The latest #G3journal report compares mutation accumulation (MA) rate in #nematode #worms under a variety of bacterial diets, showing how diet affects MA rate but not mutational features.🪱

🔗 https://t.co/Smkxnq9rht

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🚨Happening today! Join our workshop on building an academic career in Europe and hear practical advice from experts on funding, applications, and navigating the European academic job market. 🕘 Today at 11 a.m. EDT 🔗: https://t.co/J5JL1zkZYR

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The first linkage map of Mexican fir, Abies religiosa, identifies candidate genes involved in metabolic and defense pathways associated with ozone tolerance in conifers, including cellular detoxification and epigenetic regulation.

Read more in #G3journal: https://t.co/JDHEuNBDkC

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📢 NEW GENOME ALERT in #G3journal

A high-quality genome of the white-eyed mutant strain of the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, offers a resource for this important model organism of developmental biology, neuroscience, and regeneration.

🔗 https://t.co/rWI37ZDl48

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📣 Call for Papers: Advances in Genetics and Genomics of Animal Breeding

#GENETICS and #G3Journal are inviting submissions for a new Series. Learn more and submit your paper: https://t.co/2TsUBiR0Z8

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What molecular signals allow #Celegans to change their foraging behavior in response to changes in metabolic state? 🪱

@KaidenHPrice et al. identify a complex, 2-pronged pathway involving insulin/IGF-1 signaling receptor.

Learn more in #G3journal: 🔗 https://t.co/0sykvaEqq7

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New research in #G3journal shows that the stability of SPD-2, the conserved homolog of human CEP192, is regulated by multiple D-box motifs, revealing conserved mechanisms that links protein stability to centrosomal localization in #Celegans embryogenesis.

https://t.co/dVJe53hmCI

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@MArbeitman et al. analyzed #courtship in #Drosophila melanogaster and simulans hybrids to understand species-specific behaviors and their neural correlates. 🪰

Discover more about the evolution of behavior and speciation in the May issue of #GENETICS: https://t.co/4yCgYygMxN