Genetics Society of America
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GENETICS publishes high-quality genetics and genomics research that expands scientific boundaries—we’ve been building the field since 1916. With its broad readership, rich history, and responsive editors, GENETICS brings the latest in publishing innovations to the communities it serves. We invite you to submit your research and discover the fast turnaround times and helpful review process for yourself.
Get your useful data out into the world by publishing in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. G3 publishes high quality foundational research, particularly studies that generate useful genetic information, such as mutant screens, single gene studies, genome maps, genome sequence data, GWAS and QTL studies, software, data resources, and new methods. The Editorial Board of G3 believes that rapid dissemination of such data lays the foundation for many important insights.
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In March 2016, GENETICS launched WormBook, a comprehensive compendium of review articles presenting the current state of knowledge in C. elegans research. WormBook articles span the breadth of the biology, genetics, genomics, and evolutionary biology of C. elegans. Find historical WormBook articles published as the online companion to WormBase here. This page contains the full list of all historical and GSA-published WormBook articles, organized by section.
Characterizing how mutations bring about phenotypic changes is a common strategy for identifying molecular underpinnings. A perspective article in GENETICS challenges the way researchers categorize mutations as gain-of-function and advises how to avoid misleading labeling.
AbstractEpigenetic regulation, and particularly modifications in DNA methylation, plays critical roles in plant adaptation. DNA methylation inhibitors have been used to investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and plastic plant phenotypes. However, their effect in gene expression regulation along lifetime remains understudied in non-model plants. Here, we analyze the effects of seed exposure to the hypomethylating agent 5-azacytidine (5-azaC) in plant transcriptome. Seeds of Erodium cicutarium were soaked in either a solution of 5-azaC in...
AbstractThe nervous system is highly sensitive to alterations in the dosage of genes crucial for neurodevelopment, as exemplified by retinoic acid-induced 1 (RAI1). A 50% change in RAI1 gene copy number, resulting in either reduced or increased protein levels, leads to distinct neurodevelopmental disorders. RAI1 haploinsufficiency causes Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), whereas RAI1 duplication underlies Potocki–Lupski syndrome (PTLS). We recently demonstrated that restoring Rai1 levels can improve SMS-related disease phenotypes in mice. However, despite protein stability...
