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“Wrecks of Ancient Life”: Genetic Variants Vetted by Natural Selection

The Genetics Society of America’s George W. Beadle Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers and who exemplify the qualities of its namesake as a respected academic, administrator, and public servant. The 2015 recipient is John Postleth...

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Autor principal: Postlethwait, John H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.178442
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description The Genetics Society of America’s George W. Beadle Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers and who exemplify the qualities of its namesake as a respected academic, administrator, and public servant. The 2015 recipient is John Postlethwait. He has made groundbreaking contributions in developing the zebrafish as a molecular genetic model and in understanding the evolution of new gene functions in vertebrates. He built the first zebrafish genetic map and showed that its genome, along with that of distantly related teleost fish, had been duplicated. Postlethwait played an integral role in the zebrafish genome-sequencing project and elucidated the genomic organization of several fish species. Postlethwait is also honored for his active involvement with the zebrafish community, advocacy for zebrafish as a model system, and commitment to driving the field forward.
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spelling pubmed-45125322015-07-24 “Wrecks of Ancient Life”: Genetic Variants Vetted by Natural Selection Postlethwait, John H. Genetics The 2015 GSA Honors and Awards The Genetics Society of America’s George W. Beadle Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers and who exemplify the qualities of its namesake as a respected academic, administrator, and public servant. The 2015 recipient is John Postlethwait. He has made groundbreaking contributions in developing the zebrafish as a molecular genetic model and in understanding the evolution of new gene functions in vertebrates. He built the first zebrafish genetic map and showed that its genome, along with that of distantly related teleost fish, had been duplicated. Postlethwait played an integral role in the zebrafish genome-sequencing project and elucidated the genomic organization of several fish species. Postlethwait is also honored for his active involvement with the zebrafish community, advocacy for zebrafish as a model system, and commitment to driving the field forward. Genetics Society of America 2015-07 2015-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4512532/ /pubmed/26170440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.178442 Text en Copyright © 2015 by the Genetics Society of America Available freely online.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170440
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