September’s issue image depicts the work of Monteiro et al, which presents a molecular mechanism for the control of phenotypic plasticity in…
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Biology Understanding Images: How Butterflies ‘Wink’ Only Some of their Eyespots in Response to TemperatureRead more
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Announcement The PLOS Genetics Tenth Anniversary CollectionRead more
As part of the PLOS Genetics Tenth Anniversary celebrations, we’re launching a special anniversary collection to highlight the best of PLOS Genetics…
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Biology Understanding Images: Seeing Myopia for What it Is- Potentially TreatableRead more
In a post reflecting on August’s PLOS Genetics issue image, Andrei Tkatchenko explains the science behind the image. Author: Andrei V. Tkatchenko…
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Biology Microbiome Evolution, Molecular Recognition and Interaction Webs: the PLOS Comp Biol July IssueRead more
Here are our highlights from July’s PLOS Computational Biology Neutral Models of Microbiome Evolution There has been an explosion of research…
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Biology Understanding Images: A Genetic Framework in Legumes Controls Infection of NodulesRead more
In a piece reflecting on June’s PLOS Genetics issue image, authors Simon Kelly and Simona Radutoiu discuss the science behind their…
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Biology Human Disease Epigenomics 2.0Read more
It might be hard to believe, but 2015 marks ten years of PLOS Genetics! To celebrate ten years of hard work, research, and…
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Biology Understanding images: microRNAs contribute to hair loss and follicle regressionRead more
In a piece reflecting on this month’s PLOS Genetics issue image, author Zhengquan Yu discusses the research behind Yuan et al. Author…
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Biology How it Works: the PLOS Computational Biology April IssueRead more
Here are some highlights from April’s PLOS Computational Biology How We Hear Time within Sound How does our auditory system represent…
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Biology Restoring vision with a new optogenetic toolRead more
Millions of people worldwide suffer from progressive degeneration of the eye’s photoreceptors (the light-sensing cells), leading ultimately to blindness. A recent therapeutic…
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Biology Stressed to Death: Overcoming Drug Resistance in Malaria ParasitesRead more
In recent decades the burden of malaria has greatly decreased. This is the result of both successful public health initiatives and widespread…
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Biology Tumor evolution and microbial forensics: the PLOS Comp Biol March IssueRead more
Here are some highlights from March’s PLOS Computational Biology Spatial Heterogeneity in Drug Concentrations Acquired resistance is one of the major…
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Biology Understanding Images: Golden Retrievers Contribute to Cancer ResearchRead more
This continues our series of blog posts from PLOS Genetics about our monthly issue images. Author Kerstin Lindblad-Toh discusses February’s issue image from…