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yeast, genetics & genomics

Week in Review: March 24–28
Tracy Vence | Mar 28, 2014 | 3 min read
Synthetic yeast chromosome; human enhancers and promoters mapped; brain-wide map links fly behaviors to neurons; treating eye diseases with nanotechnology
Synthetic Yeast Chromosome
Ed Yong | Mar 27, 2014 | 3 min read
A heavily edited version of yeast shows just how flexible eukaryotic chromosomes can be.
Genome Digest
Abby Olena, PhD | Jan 7, 2014 | 5 min read
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Week in Review: November 4–8
Tracy Vence | Nov 8, 2013 | 3 min read
Infant immune systems suppressed; why tissues are tough to freeze; silencing one gene causes secondary effects; estrogen’s role in drug-resistant breast cancer
One Gene, Two Mutations
Tracy Vence | Nov 5, 2013 | 2 min read
Knocking down a single gene spurs pronounced secondary effects in the yeast genome.
Microbiology Goes High-Tech
Jeffrey M. Perkel | Jun 1, 2012 | 8 min read
Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.
Gain a Chromosome and Adapt
Sabrina Richards | Jan 29, 2012 | 3 min read
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Beer Yeast Identified
Jef Akst | Aug 23, 2011 | 1 min read
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
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