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Books About DNA: DNA: Promise and Peril
In one of a series of posts on books on DNA, Hsien-Hsien discusses a book about the genetic revolution and its implications for our lives.
The Problem with Publication-Driven Science
Mike laments the consequences of publication-driven research, and how it can inspire problems associated with secrecy and withholding data.
The Genetic Architecture of Metabolic Traits: A Data Explosion
Daniel discusses six papers on one topic appearing in Nature Genetics, with an extra helping of data – “These papers use genome-wide association data from very large numbers of individuals to analyse the genetic architecture of disease-associated traits like blood lipid and glucose levels.”
About the Author
Dan Rhoads
Dan is a postdoc working at the University of Cyprus in developmental biology. He has a BSc in molecular biology and a PhD pharmacology and biochemistry.
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