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GWASs and the age of human as the model organism for autoimmune genetic research
Robert Plenge Genome Biology 2010, 11:212 (5 May 2010)
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Humans should perhaps be the model organism for autoimmune disease studies, considering the success of GWAS studies uncovering risk alleles.
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Cancer genomics identifies determinants of tumor biology
Elaine R Mardis Genome Biology 2010, 11:211 (5 May 2010)
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Whole-genome analysis of human tumors has identified some unsuspected tumor-associated genes
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Direct sequencing of the human microbiome readily reveals community differences
Justin Kuczynski, Elizabeth K Costello, Diana R Nemergut, Jesse Zaneveld, Christian L Lauber, Dan Knights, Omry Koren, Noah Fierer, Scott T Kelley, Ruth E Ley, Jeffrey I Gordon, Rob Knight Genome Biology 2010, 11:210 (5 May 2010)
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Future sequencing of the human microbiota will require greater breadth rather than depth.
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The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics
Eugene V Koonin Genome Biology 2010, 11:209 (5 May 2010)
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Comparative genomics and new phylogenies of eukaryote groups suggest a scenario in which the mitochondrial endosymbiosis triggered the origin of eukaryotes.
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The next frontier of systems biology: higher-order and interspecies interactions
Michael A Fischbach, Nevan J Krogan Genome Biology 2010, 11:208 (5 May 2010)
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Systems biology is set to go beyond single species to the study of interspecies interactions.
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The case for cloud computing in genome informatics
Lincoln D Stein Genome Biology 2010, 11:207 (5 May 2010)
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With DNA sequencing now getting cheaper more quickly than data storage, the time may have come to use cloud computing for genome informatics.
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Between a chicken and a grape: estimating the number of human genes
Mihaela Pertea, Steven L Salzberg Genome Biology 2010, 11:206 (5 May 2010)
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The number of genes in the human genome is still an estimate.
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And they said it wouldn't last...
Gregory A Petsko Genome Biology 2010, 11:121 (5 May 2010)
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In the 10 years that Genome Biology has been published the scientific changes have been amazing, as have the changes in the culture of science.
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A decade and genome of change
Clare Garvey Genome Biology 2010, 11:120 (5 May 2010)
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Innovations in genomic technologies have generated huge advances in biomedical research over the last decade.
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