The PLOS Genetics Editors-in-Chief and Senior Editors would like to congratulate: Santiago Naranjo, Justin D. Smith, Carlo G. Artieri, Mian Zhang, Yiqi…
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Announcement PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016: Winner Announced
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Why do we accept just one banana variety in Western supermarkets? It’s unsustainable and threatens livelihoods and food security. By Gert HJ…
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Announcement 2nd Gordon Research Conference on Centromere Biology (24-29 July 2016): Beth Sullivan
As part of its mission to encourage engagement within the genetics community, PLOS Genetics is sponsoring a number of conferences and meetings…
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Biology Understanding Images: Coat of Invisibility – How Trypanosoma brucei Evades Recognition
Author: Galadriel Hovel-Miner, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States. Competing Interests: Galadriel Hovel-Miner is an author of the article discussed…
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Announcement PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016: Nominations open
With the launch of the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016, I talked to João Barroso-Batista, one of the first authors of last…
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Biology Understanding Images: Watching New Species Evolve in Real Time
Author: David A. Marques, University of Bern and Eawag, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. Competing interests: David A. Marques is an author of the article…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: 57 Varieties of Tomato
This beautiful berry, domesticated in the Americas more than 2500 years ago, and introduced to the Old World in the 16th…
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Biology Understanding Images: How do Cells Make Invasive Feet?
Image Credit: Matthew Clay, Sherwood Lab, Duke University Author: David R. Sherwood is an associate professor at the Department of Biology, Duke University…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: The Beauty of Butterflies
Butterflies’ special place in human culture stems from the fact that they have used their wings not only for flight, but as…
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Announcement PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015: Winner Announced
The PLOS Genetics Editors-in-Chief and Senior Editors would like to congratulate: João Barroso-Batista, Ana Sousa, Marta Lourenço, Marie-Louise Bergman, Daniel Sobral, Jocelyne…
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Biology Understanding Images: Host Gender and the Response to Fungal Infection
Authors: Niklaus Zemp is a Post Doctoral Researcher and Alex Widmer is a Professor, both based at the Institute of Integrative Biology…
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Blog 29th Annual International Mammalian Genome Conference: Piero Carninci and Teresa Gunn
As part of our mission to encourage engagement within the genetics community, PLOS Genetics sponsors conferences and meetings in the fields of…