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The paper evaluates the usefulness criterion for mate selection in breeding programs and finds it provides little benefit over selecting parents based on predicted family means.

The paper introduces sciMETv3, a high-throughput single-cell DNA methylation profiling method, achieving 100-fold higher cell throughput and compatibility with multimodal assays.

This paper reviews advances in the ReMOT technique for genetic modification in insects, highlighting its versatility, efficiency, and potential for optimization.

This study investigates how mutations in the CRX gene affect cooperative dimerization, leading to developmental defects in photoreceptors and retinal disease.

The paper develops a split-CRISPR/Cas9 system for sex conversion in Mediterranean fruit flies to improve population control strategies.

This study identifies DNA repair pathways that prevent acetaldehyde-induced mutagenesis in yeast and corroborates findings in human liver cancers.

The paper introduces EasyGuide CRISPR, a CRISPR toolkit for engineering E. coli strains to grow on sucrose, and demonstrates its application in adaptive evolution experiments.

The paper shows ZNF143/ZFP143 is an essential transcription factor with no general looping function, functioning independently of CTCF and regulating mitochondrial and ribosomal genes.

This study identifies a mutation in the LRP2 gene responsible for celestial-eye in goldfish and shows parallel evolution of this gene in different eye phenotypes under artificial selection.

This study examines how different domains of spatial ability predict STEM educational outcomes and finds that object manipulation tests are most predictive, with genetic factors explaining most of the associations.

This study shows that sex and genetic background affect oxycodone self-administration in rats, with heritability estimates ranging from 0.25 to 0.54.

This study analyzes mitochondrial COI gene sequences of Ae. albopictus in Greece to assess genetic diversity and phylogeography, revealing haplotype changes over time and geographic distribution.

The paper identifies genomic regions critical for sperm head-tail connection in Drosophila through a deficiency screen combined with RNAseq analysis.

This study shows that Wnt7a is critical for muscle regeneration in dystrophic mice, and systemic delivery of Wnt7a-containing extracellular vesicles can rescue regeneration deficits.

The paper introduces a new assay called TRX to monitor CAG*CTG triplet repeat expansions more rapidly and sensitively than existing methods.

The paper examines negative selection on baboon admixture, finding stronger selection on the X chromosome in Tanzanian and Ethiopian populations.

The paper identifies eQTLs associated with COVID-19 disease severity and progression using multi-omics data from Korean patients, revealing genetic mechanisms involving HLA genes and cytokine regulation.

This study presents a high-quality genome of Acer pentaphyllum and analyzes its population genetics to inform conservation strategies.

This study investigates the association between inbreeding, gallbladder cancer risk, and genetic factors in Chileans, finding sex- and age-specific interactions between homozygosity and gallstone disease risk.

This study examines how varying case fractions in case-control GWAS affects statistical power by analyzing mathematical bounds on r2 and the chi-squared noncentrality parameter.