This Week in Genome Research

Jul 08, 2009

In work out of Ian Holmes' UC Berkeley lab, a team describes as new genome browser, JBrowse, published in this week's early online edition of Genome Research. The browser is open source, portable, and JavaScript-based, and differs from other available browsers in that it uses less server power.

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The Scan

Whirlwind Genetic Genealogy Year

Wired reports on how genetic genealogy's use in forensics has exploded in the year since an arrest in the Golden State Killer case was made.

Getting Through the Backlog

Retraction Watch reports that the increase in retracted papers at a journal is due to more resources there to tackle publication ethics.

Settlement After DNA Testing Questions

New York City has settled with a forensic scientist who was fired after questioning a DNA testing approach used by the medical examiner's office, the New York Times reports.

This Week in Nature

In Nature this week: technique for measuring replication fork movement, WINTHER trial results, and more.

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