This Week in PLOS

Jul 30, 2018

In PLOS Genetics, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Colorado Boulder explore ties between complex traits and autozygosity, a form of homozygosity that involves blocks of identical sequence stretching back to a shared common ancestor in individuals with related parents.

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Scott Gottlieb Goes Back to His Old Job

The former commissioner of the FDA has returned to the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates as a special partner on the healthcare investment team.

Where No CRISPR Has Gone Before

Astronauts have edited yeast genes on the International Space Station in an experiment designed to show how cells repair themselves in space.

Two Leave Emory

Emory University has found that two of its researchers failed to divulge they had received funds from China, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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In Science this week: influence of the nuclear genome on human mitochondrial DNA, and more.

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