Topic
genetics research, explained
3 open-access genetics studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- How can flies adapt via many interchangeable alleles?
Ten D. simulans replicates converged phenotypically under a new temperature regime, but used largely different selected alleles—evidence for genetic redundancy.
- Which mitochondrial genes may drive IBD risk?
Integrating methylation, expression, and protein QTLs via MR/colocalization flags PARK7 and ACADM as tier-1 mitochondrial genes for IBD/UC, with protective protein-level odds ratios.
- How does Foxj1 build smell-sensing cilia?
In zebrafish and mice, Foxj1 is required for olfactory epithelium formation and OSN differentiation; mutants lose olfactory cilia programs and show diminished bile-acid odor responses.