Male orchid bee Euglossa dilemma drinking nectar. Whole genome sequencing efforts by Brand et al. published in G3 revealed that E. dilemma has one of the largest genomes known for insects.

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Distinguished professor proves effective mentorship is both art and science

For the inaugural recipient of the Genetics Society of America Mentorship Award Dr. Brandon Gaut, leading a lab is not only scientific but personal.

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A molecular biologist sees science as a search for the truth

2025 Edward Novitski Prize recipient Kevin Struhl’s pioneering work on yeast molecular biology and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms is driven by a desire to understand how things work—with bonus points for elegant experimentation.

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Getting to the root of traits: Which ancestral recombination graph tool tells the most accurate genetics story?

A recent benchmarking study in GENETICS evaluates how well leading ARG methods estimate population-level polygenic score histories.

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Close-up view of a wild-type Junonia coenia wing eyespot pattern. Zhang et al. used CRISPR mutagenesis to interfere with the genetic machinery necessary for making melanin pigments in the colored scales of the butterfly wing. See Zhang et al.

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