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Genetics Unzipped podcast: Pimp my genome - Exploring the wonderful world of epigenetics

Posted by , on 16 July 2020

We find out if more than DNA passes on to the next generation, whether Darwin was wrong, and how to pimp your genome. Plus, meet the Mickey Mouse Mice.

The people behind the papers - Qiang Shao, Stephanie Herrlinger & Jian-Fu (Jeff) Chen

Posted by , on 16 November 2017

Zika infection in humans is associated with birth defects including microcephaly. Zika has two major lineages – the Asian lineage, which has been associated with birth defects, and the African lineage, ...

The right information

Posted by , on 19 October 2017

Oscar H. Ocaña and M. Angela Nieto Comment on “A right-handed signalling pathway drives heart looping in vertebrates”. Nature 549, 86-90 (2017).   A fundamental aspect of vertebrates is their ...

Gone today, hair tomorrow? Changes in dermal papilla cell number drive hair thinning and loss.

Posted by , on 28 May 2013

  Over the course of a lifetime, each hair follicle makes a series of new hairs, temporarily ceasing hair production before beginning again anew.  This has focused attention on the ...

Transparent mouse embryos and hematopoietic cell clusters

Posted by , on 8 November 2010

I was lucky in graduate school and my postdoctoral research—I was a microscopist working on a transparent organism (C. elegans).  Some microscopists don’t have that luxury, but have developed amazing ...

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