This Week in PLOS: Oct 23, 2017

Oct 23, 2017

A team from Germany and Denmark explores gene flow patterns in common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) plants growing in an isolated and fragmented German forest. As they explain in PLOS One, the researchers considered more than a dozen microsatellite markers in leaf, bud, and/or embryo tissue from trees documented as male, female, or hermaphrodite.

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The Scan

From All Corners of the World

Researchers are sampling the wild relatives of modern crops to try to preserve genetic diversity, NPR reports.

Bill for Science Integrity

Undark reports on a bill introduced this year to the US House of Representatives to strengthen scientific integrity.

Might as Well Look

MIT's Search for Extraterrestrial Genomes is developing sequencing tools to use to try to detect whether there is any life on Mars, Quartz reports.

Genome Research Papers Focus on Gene Functions, Aging Transcriptomic, Diabetes Models

In Genome Research this week: post-zygotic mutations in diabetes development, single-cell RNA sequencing study of aging, and more.

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