In Genetics: over 1,000 spontaneous mutations
Fine-Grained Analysis of Spontaneous Mutation Spectrum and Frequency in Arabidopsis thaliana
Mao-Lun Weng, Claude Becker, Julia Hildebrandt, Matthew T. Rutter, Ruth G. Shaw, Detlef Weigel and Charles B. Fenster
Mutations are the ultimate source of all genetic variation.
On bioRxiv: Balancing selection in Capsella
Long-term balancing selection drives evolution of immunity genes in Capsella
Daniel Koenig et al. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/477612
Genetic drift is expected to remove polymorphism from populations over long periods of time, with the rate of polymorphism loss being accelerated when species … Read the rest
Appeal to Federal Ministries of Research and Ag
German plant scientists: gene technology law is outdated
Leading German plant scientists agree that the gene technology law, which has been interpreted by the European Court of Justice to include genome edited organisms, is outdated and must be changed. They … Read the rest
