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On August 1, 1931, Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock published the first experimental proof that genes are physically located on chromosomes—a discovery that transformed genetics. 1/3🧵

🐛 Caterpillars of Lonomia #moths envenomate people in Latin America every year. In the July issue of #G3journal, @diler.bsky.social, @nkwhiteman.bsky.social present a genome assembly of Lonomia casanarensis that will help improve antivenoms and develop novel bioactive compounds. 🔗 buff.ly/Mqa35Tv

Aphanomyces root rot (ARR), caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches, is one of the most devastating diseases of alfalfa in North America. New QTL analysis presented in the July issue of #G3journal identifies distinct genetic sources of ARR resistance. 🔗 buff.ly/xRedQ4f 📷️ Bruna Bucciarelli

🧠 Explore the #CRISPR screening results in the July issue of #GENETICS that identify TRIM27 as a destabilizer of Retinoic acid-induced 1 (RAI1) and as a potential therapeutic target in Smith–Magenis syndrome, a human neurodevelopmental disorder. 🔗 buff.ly/Q7pjMXP 📷️ credit: Yu Cheng Lin

Thank you to everyone advocating for genetics research. The GSA Board of Directors submitted a public comment to OMB on the proposed "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance." Your voice remains essential. Read GSA’s comment here: buff.ly/QFuNpw2

🪰 The latest #Drosophila study in #GENETICS characterizes genetic factors contributing to drive strength in a sample of inbred lines, providing novel insights into the complex dynamics of Segregation Distorter chromosomes and their suppressors. 🔗 buff.ly/1FkZ5zq

The July issue of #GENETICS features a comprehensive analysis of widely used variant calling tools and their performance in simulated genomes of the reference and non-reference inbred laboratory #mouse strains, providing benchmarks and practical guidance. 🐁 🔗 buff.ly/eQv7vQE

The July issue of #G3journal features a computational model to understand and quantify the demographic history of #Anopheles gambiae that helps detect population splits, effective population size changes, growth, and migration rates in #mosquitoes from Guinea and Burkina Faso. 🔗 buff.ly/8Rs0sTf

🪰 🔀 Do differences in crossover-associated RING finger protein (COR) dosage affect crossover number during #Drosophila #meiosis? Find out more in the July issue of #G3journal, where @jeffsekelsky.bsky.social and the team address this question 🔗 buff.ly/zR8X1R1

Two ways to share your data with #G3Journal: Genome Reports for high-quality genome assemblies, variation, and comparative analyses & Omics Reports for multi-sample datasets across transcriptomics, proteomics, and more. 🔗 Submit your paper: buff.ly/V55WMYb

🥭 A new feature article in the July issue of #G3journal describes how the genomic prediction accuracy in mango is primarily governed by the evolutionary structure of the traits rather than by the choice of prediction model. 🔗 buff.ly/WtZSZ9i

Discover neural posterior estimation methods that combines the principled uncertainty quantification of Bayesian methods with the computational efficiency and automatic feature extraction abilities of #deeplearning. More in the July issue of #GENETICS 🔗 buff.ly/qSCFDvo

Check out a novel method for studying Phase 2 meiotic recombination in #buddingyeast that uncovers interactions between RAD54, TID1, and PIF1. Read more in #GENETICS about how this assay can be applied to other recombination genes to understand double-stranded break repair.  🔗 buff.ly/mY5XxxX

📢 Reminder! Join the next Career Development Workshop in 1 week, on Aug. 5 (2–3 p.m. EDT) for Increasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market. Learn how faculty hiring works in North America and get practical tips for navigating the process. 🔗Register: buff.ly/kE4ZDDA @nafisajadavji.bsky.social

Meet three of our #Dros27 plenary speakers! 🧠 Vanessa Auld 🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social 🧬 Don Fox From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM

The July issue of #GENETICS features a population-scale pangenome resource for a suboscine passerine bird that allows for the characterization of the genome-wide abundance, diversity, and distribution of structural variants within this species. @scottvedwards.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/gmqi7od

🪰 New genetic analyses in the July issue of #GENETICS show that Appl, the single #Drosophila #amyloid precursor protein ortholog, acts with the Vnd gene during mushroom body axon growth, offering a clue into #Alzheimer's disease pathology.  🔗 buff.ly/Q7pjMXP 📷️ Ana Boulanger and Jean-Maurice Dura

In #GENETICS, @anabferretti.bsky.social and colleagues characterize the composition, evolution, and epigenetic regulation of the nonessential B chromosome in #Drosophila, discovering new satellite DNAs. 🪰 📖 read the paper for details 🔗 buff.ly/VRRzV0D

⏰️ TIK-TOK What are the #clock timing mechanisms in #Neurospora? In the latest issue of #GENETICS, discover conserved and fungal-specific mechanisms of circadian timing that use nuclear import as a selective, dynamic, and rate-limiting regulatory step. 🔗 buff.ly/DyxkJU8

Congratulations to the poster award recipients from #Yeast26! 🏆 Nasima Akhter 🏆 Leah Anderson 🏆 Emma Bocquillon 🏆 Via Lawson 🏆 Alexa MacKersie 🏆 Onyinyechi Onuoha We're proud to recognize your outstanding research. 🔗https://buff.ly/orR6XjO