This Week in Science

Aug 06, 2010

In Science this week, Yale University's Celina Juliano and Brown University's Gary Wessel discuss the versatility of germline genes in some less well-studied animal species.

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The Scan

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Jay Shendure and his colleagues have developed a new method to more comprehensively identify human cell types, the NY Times reports.

Infertile Mouse No More

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PGD Growth Spurt

China is embracing preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Nature News reports.

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week: host genetic factors associated with cervical neoplasia progression, population patterns for an ancient flowering rainforest plant, and more.

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