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Genome sequencing of the important oilseed crop Sesamum indicum L
Haiyang Zhang, Hongmei Miao, Lei Wang, Lingbo Qu, Hongyan Liu, Qiang Wang, Meiwang Yue Genome Biology 2013, 14:401 (31 January 2013)
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The Sesame Genome Working Group describe the project for sequencing the sesame genome
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Host genomic influences on HIV/AIDS
Stephen J O'Brien, Sher L Hendrickson Genome Biology 2013, 14:201 (31 January 2013)
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How has the era of genomics advanced our understanding of HIV/AIDS epidemiology and pathogenesis?
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Comparative analysis of tandem repeats from hundreds of species reveals unique insights into centromere evolution
Daniel P Melters, Keith R Bradnam, Hugh A Young, Natalie Telis, Michael R May, J GRAHAM Ruby, Robert Sebra, Paul Peluso, John Eid, David Rank, Jose Fernando Garcia, Joseph L DeRisi, Timothy Smith, Christian Tobias, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Ian Korf, Simon WL Chan Genome Biology 2013, 14:R10 (30 January 2013)
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An analysis of centromere tandem repeats in 282 species reveals similar modes of evolution despite the lack of sequence conservation
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The passionate life of Simon Chan
Luca Comai Genome Biology 2013, 14:103 (30 January 2013)
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Luca Comai remembers the late Simon Chan, whose work on centromere evolution features in the current issue of Genome Biology
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Accelerated exon evolution within primate segmental duplications
Belen Lorente-Galdos, Jonathan Bleyhl, Gabriel Santpere, Laura Vives, Oscar Ramirez, Jessica Hernandez, Roger Anglada, Gregory M Cooper, Arcadi Navarro, Evan E Eichler, Tomas Marques-Bonet Genome Biology 2013, 14:R9 (29 January 2013)
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A new study looks at segmental duplication genes in humans and macaques to elucidate exon evolution in primates
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CGAL: computing genome assembly likelihoods
Atif Rahman, Lior Pachter Genome Biology 2013, 14:R8 (29 January 2013)
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A likelihood based approach for better estimation of genome assembly quality
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A 10-step guide to party conversation for bioinformaticians
Alicia Oshlack Genome Biology 2013, 14:104 (29 January 2013)
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Alicia Oshlack's 10-step guide to party conversation for bioinformaticians
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Inferring the kinetics of stochastic gene expression from single-cell RNA-sequencing data
Jong Kim, John C Marioni Genome Biology 2013, 14:R7 (28 January 2013)
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A new framework for modeling stochastic gene expression in single cells yields insights into the regulatory role of histone modifications
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From hybrids to hermaphrodites in population genetics
Robert Verity, Jeannine Marquardt, Andrea Hatlen, Jasmin Zohren Genome Biology 2013, 14:301 (28 January 2013)
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A report on the 46th annual PopGroup conference, Glasgow, UK, December 18-21, 2012.
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Genome-wide mapping of FOXM1 binding reveals co-binding with estrogen receptor alpha in breast cancer cells
Deborah A Sanders, Caryn S Ross-Innes, Dario Beraldi, Jason S Carroll, Shankar Balasubramanian Genome Biology 2013, 14:R6 (24 January 2013)
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Binding sites for FOXM1 are mapped in breast cancer cell lines with and without estrogen receptor
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Inflammation-associated enterotypes, host genotype, cage and inter-individual effects drive gut microbiota variation in common laboratory mice
Falk Hildebrand, Thi Nguyen, Brigitta Brinkman, Roberto Yunta, Benedicte Cauwe, Peter Vandenabeele, Adrian Liston, Jeroen Raes Genome Biology 2013, 14:R4 (24 January 2013)
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A new study finds that enterotypes are not only present in mice, but also similar to those in humans
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Acting on impulse: dissecting the dynamics of the NFAT transcriptional response
Alon Kalo, Yaron Shav-Tal Genome Biology 2013, 14:102 (24 January 2013)
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Yaron Shav-Tal discusses isoform specifity in transcription factor dynamics, including the role of NFAT translocations out of the nucleus
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Thick and thin fingers point out Turing waves
Andrew D Economou, Jeremy BA Green Genome Biology 2013, 14:101 (24 January 2013)
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A Research Highlight on the mystery of finger formation: how Alan Turing's proposed reaction-diffusion mechanism underlies digit development
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Tissue-specific direct targets of Caenorhabditis elegans Rb/E2F dictate distinct somatic and germline programs
Michelle Kudron, Wei Niu, Zhi Lu, Guilin Wang, Mark Gerstein, Michael Snyder, Valerie Reinke Genome Biology 2013, 14:R5 (23 January 2013)
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The tissue specificity of Rb/E2F binding profiles enables the promotion of both somatic and germline transcriptional programs
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The B cell transcription program mediates hypomethylation and overexpression of key genes in Epstein-Barr virus-associated proliferative conversion
Henar Hernando, Claire Shannon-Lowe, Abul B Islam, Fatima Al-Shahrour, Javier Rodríguez-Ubreva, Virginia C Rodríguez-Cortez, Biola M Javierre, Cristina Mangas, Agustín F Fernández, Maribel Parra, Henri-Jacques Delecluse, Manel Esteller, Eduardo López-Granados, Mario F Fraga, Nuria López-Bigas, Esteban Ballestar Genome Biology 2013, 14:R3 (15 January 2013)
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DNA hypomethylation is a key feature of Epstein-Barr virus-associated B cell proliferative transformation, and occurs via a passive demethylation process
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MetAMOS: a modular and open source metagenomic assembly and analysis pipeline
Todd J Treangen, Sergey Koren, Daniel D Sommer, Bo Liu, Irina Astrovskaya, Brian Ondov, Aaron E Darling, Adam M Phillippy, Mihai Pop Genome Biology 2013, 14:R2 (15 January 2013)
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A modular, metagenomic analysis and assembly pipeline that inputs next-generation sequencing reads to generate genomic scaffolds and open reading frames
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Biogeography of the ecosystems of the healthy human body
Yanjiao Zhou, Hongyu Gao, Kathie A Mihindukulasuriya, Patricio S LA Rosa, Kristine M Wylie, Tatiana Vishnivetskaya, Mircea Podar, Barb Warner, Phillip I Tarr, David E Nelson, J Dennis Fortenberry, Martin J Holland, Sarah E Burr, William D Shannon, Erica Sodergren, George M Weinstock Genome Biology 2013, 14:R1 (14 January 2013)
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As part of the Human Microbiome Project, taxonomic analyses were performed on the bacteria from 22 body sites on 279 subjects
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The ADAR protein family
Yiannis A Savva, Leila E Rieder, Robert A Reenan Genome Biology 2012, 13:252 (28 December 2012)
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ADARs and RNA editing: a Protein Family Review by Robert Reenan and colleagues
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Phylogeographic variation in recombination rates within a global clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Jukka Corander, Pekka Marttinen, Mona Aldeljawi, William P Hanage, Henrik Westh, Kit Boye, Zeynep Gulay, Stephen D Bentley, Julian Parkhill, Matthew T Holden, Edward J Feil Genome Biology 2012, 13:R126 (27 December 2012)
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Different evolution rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST239 collected in different geographical locations are caused by fast global dissemination
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Irreconcilable differences: divorcing geographic mutation and recombination rates within a global MRSA clone
Todd J Treangen, Adam M Phillippy Genome Biology 2012, 13:181 (27 December 2012)
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A study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus reveals its recombination trends, and highlights the challenges of phylogeographic analysis of these pathogens
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RIDDLE: reflective diffusion and local extension reveal functional associations for unannotated gene sets via proximity in a gene network
Peggy I Wang, Sohyun Hwang, Rodney P Kincaid, Christopher S Sullivan, Insuk Lee, Edward M Marcotte Genome Biology 2012, 13:R125 (26 December 2012)
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A method using guilt-by-association principles to identify associations of unannotated gene sets
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Differential analysis of high-throughput quantitative genetic interaction data
Gordon J Bean, Trey Ideker Genome Biology 2012, 13:R123 (26 December 2012)
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A new method for the differential analysis of genetic interactions
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A new era of human population genetics
Alexander Platt, John Novembre Genome Biology 2012, 13:182 (26 December 2012)
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Alexander Platt and John Novembre discuss what the 1000 Genomes Project teaches us about human population genetics
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How to be wrong but useful
Adam Kucharski Genome Biology 2012, 13:180 (26 December 2012)
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Adam Kucharski, 2012's winner of the Wellcome Trust science writing prize, applauds Alan Turing, Nate Silver and the power of models
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DriverNet: uncovering the impact of somatic driver mutations on transcriptional networks in cancer
Ali Bashashati, Gholamreza Haffari, Jiarui Ding, Gavin Ha, Kenneth Lui, Jamie Rosner, David G Huntsman, Carlos Caldas, Samuel A Aparicio, Sohrab P Shah Genome Biology 2012, 13:R124 (22 December 2012)
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DriverNet is a method for identifying driver mutations in cancer samples based on their effects on the transcriptional network
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