Affordable Sequencing Method Deciphers Polyploid Crops
Newswise — Polyploid crops like potato, wheat, and blueberry are essential to agriculture, yet their genetics remain notoriously…
Ignoring an unhealthy craving is easy
Claire Turnbull has six science-backed tips for keeping those tempting but unwholesome foods and drinks at bay. Whether…
The Difficulty in Defining ‘Bad’ Foods – Joel Harold Tannenbaum
Ultra-processed foods seem to be on everyone’s lips lately—and not just as a salty snack. A widely reported…
America’s Latest Farmer Crisis Is Government-Grown
Farmers’ Costs Are Up Input costs and trade policy are the most obvious places to start. As Bloomberg…
Imports from China account for more than 5 million Brazilian jobs, study says
Chinese imports supported 5.2 million jobs in Brazil, more than twice the number tied to exports to China,…
A genome-wide association analysis reveals new pathogenic pathways in gout
Kuo, C. F. et al. Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors. Nat. Rev. Rheumatol. 11,…
Camelina’s Genetic Blueprint: Unraveling Subgenome Dominance and Population Structure
Newswise — Camelina sativa, also known as false-flax, is gaining attention as a biofuel crop due to its…
Africa’s Deadliest Snake Could Be an Unexpected Agricultural Hero
Puff adders, one of Africa’s most widespread snakes, could be agricultural heroes in disguise. Credit: Graham Alexander/Wits University…
Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes
An overview of the SINGER algorithm SINGER takes in phased WGS data and samples ARGs iteratively by adding…
Systema: a framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction beyond systematic variation
Nonparametric baselines We design two nonparametric baselines that we refer to as perturbed mean and matching mean. Perturbed…
Large-scale genome-wide analyses of stuttering
Yairi, E. & Ambrose, N. Epidemiology of stuttering: 21st century advances. J. Fluen. Disord. 38, 66–87 (2013). Article …
Methods and applications of in vivo CRISPR screening
Auton, A. et al. A global reference for human genetic variation. Nature 526, 68–74 (2015). Article PubMed Google…