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One of our new Editors-in-Chief, Anne Goriely, will be at the @GeneticsSociety Conference in Denver starting November 5th! Don’t miss the chance to meet Anne and discuss the latest in genetics. Reach out to schedule a meeting or say hello in Denver! @AGoriely
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If you're attending #ESHG2024 be sure to say hi to our Journal Development Manager Julia Squarr who will be around and available to answer questions about @PLOSGenetics June 1-3. Learn about the conference at plos.io/3Ki6W8l@eshgsociety
"Belt and braces: Two escape ways to maintain the cassette reservoir of large chromosomal integrons" Read the study: plos.io/3UVWGbY.
ALT Fig 1. from the study depicting the integron system and the importance of its orientation towards replication. Read the full caption at https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011231
Recently published from researchers at @UBC and @OISTedu: "Genomic analyses of Symbiomonas scintillans show no evidence for endosymbiotic bacteria but does reveal the presence of giant viruses" 🔎 plos.io/4am5Q66.
ALT Fig 3. Genome overview and comparison of select vMAGs to corresponding reference genomes.
For the full caption visit: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011218
Recently published from researchers at @UBC and @UniKent:"The actin binding sites of talin have both distinct and complementary roles in cell-ECM adhesion" 🔎 plos.io/44F2gTg.
ALT Fig 3. Talin ABS requirement for muscle and embryonic development.
(A-G) Confocal images of whole-mount embryos stained with muscle cytoskeleton marker Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) at stage 17 (scale bar: 50 μm). (H-J) Penetrance of wing blisters (H), dorsal closure (I) and germband retraction (J) defects in embryos of the indicated genotypes. Dorsal closure and germband retraction defects of rheaABS2/ABS3 compared to rheaABS3/ABS3 using chi-square test: *P<0.05; all genotypes n>30. (K) Number of detached muscles per embryo. Floating bar chart representing minimum and maximum value per genotype (n>10). Mean value represented by a solid line. Each lower-case letter (a-g) indicates a different statistical group where two different letters represent statistically different results (P<0.05) using one-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s post-hoc, P<0.05.
In this recent study, researchers discuss a small-molecule approach to restore female sterility phenotype targeted by a homing suppression gene drive in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii plos.io/3WFEKUd.
ALT Fig 4. SGD systems targeting female essential gene Tdc2 were constructed and validated in D. melanogaster. Read the full caption at: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011226
Researchers from @Cornell and @umeauniversity share data that reveals a more complex role of DacA1 in maintaining PG homeostasis than previously assumed.
📖 Read the study: plos.io/4bzaIFW
📈 See the data: plos.io/4bzG2o3
ALT Fig 7. ShyA overexpression rescues morphological defects associated with carboxypeptidase insufficiency in E. coli.
(A) E. coli strains CS109 and Δ4 (CS109 ΔdacA ΔdacB ΔdacC ΔpbpG) containing either an empty vector (pHL100) or a vector containing an IPTG-inducible copy of ShyA (pHL100-ShyA) were incubated overnight at 37°C in LB medium with 0.2% glucose, sub-cultured 1:100 in LB and incubated for 2 hours, then back-diluted 1:100 in LB and grown for an additional 2 hours. 1 mM IPTG or 0.2% glucose was added to the cultures, phase contrast images were taken 3 hours after induction. (B) Microscopy images were segmented with Omnipose and analyzed for area, length, and width with MicrobeJ. Statistical significance was assessed via Welch’s t-test. ****, P < 0.0001.
Recently published from researchers at @UBC and @OISTedu: "Genomic analyses of Symbiomonas scintillans show no evidence for endosymbiotic bacteria but does reveal the presence of giant viruses" 🔎 plos.io/4am5Q66.
ALT Fig 3. Genome overview and comparison of select vMAGs to corresponding reference genomes.
For the full caption visit: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011218
"Belt and braces: Two escape ways to maintain the cassette reservoir of large chromosomal integrons" Read the study: plos.io/3UVWGbY.
ALT Fig 1. from the study depicting the integron system and the importance of its orientation towards replication. Read the full caption at https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011231
In this recent study, researchers discuss a small-molecule approach to restore female sterility phenotype targeted by a homing suppression gene drive in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii plos.io/3WFEKUd.
ALT Fig 4. SGD systems targeting female essential gene Tdc2 were constructed and validated in D. melanogaster. Read the full caption at: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011226
Researchers from @Cornell and @umeauniversity share data that reveals a more complex role of DacA1 in maintaining PG homeostasis than previously assumed.
📖 Read the study: plos.io/4bzaIFW
📈 See the data: plos.io/4bzG2o3
ALT Fig 7. ShyA overexpression rescues morphological defects associated with carboxypeptidase insufficiency in E. coli.
(A) E. coli strains CS109 and Δ4 (CS109 ΔdacA ΔdacB ΔdacC ΔpbpG) containing either an empty vector (pHL100) or a vector containing an IPTG-inducible copy of ShyA (pHL100-ShyA) were incubated overnight at 37°C in LB medium with 0.2% glucose, sub-cultured 1:100 in LB and incubated for 2 hours, then back-diluted 1:100 in LB and grown for an additional 2 hours. 1 mM IPTG or 0.2% glucose was added to the cultures, phase contrast images were taken 3 hours after induction. (B) Microscopy images were segmented with Omnipose and analyzed for area, length, and width with MicrobeJ. Statistical significance was assessed via Welch’s t-test. ****, P < 0.0001.
Recently published from researchers at @UBC and @UniKent:"The actin binding sites of talin have both distinct and complementary roles in cell-ECM adhesion" 🔎 plos.io/44F2gTg.
ALT Fig 3. Talin ABS requirement for muscle and embryonic development.
(A-G) Confocal images of whole-mount embryos stained with muscle cytoskeleton marker Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) at stage 17 (scale bar: 50 μm). (H-J) Penetrance of wing blisters (H), dorsal closure (I) and germband retraction (J) defects in embryos of the indicated genotypes. Dorsal closure and germband retraction defects of rheaABS2/ABS3 compared to rheaABS3/ABS3 using chi-square test: *P<0.05; all genotypes n>30. (K) Number of detached muscles per embryo. Floating bar chart representing minimum and maximum value per genotype (n>10). Mean value represented by a solid line. Each lower-case letter (a-g) indicates a different statistical group where two different letters represent statistically different results (P<0.05) using one-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s post-hoc, P<0.05.
This recent study from researchers at @AarhusUni_int and @Harvard discusses using TRAILS for tree reconstruction of ancestry using incomplete lineage sorting. plos.io/3wUeniH
ALT Fig 4. The posterior probability can be used to detect deviations from the neutral expectation.
(A) Posterior probability of the second coalescent event for a simulated 200 kb region containing a positively selected variant at position 100 kb that arises in interval S0, represented by a triangle. The true simulated coalescent times are plotted as green horizontal lines. (B) Mean posterior probability for each second coalescent interval (purple), and the empirical true proportion of sites for each interval (green) for 20 simulated replicates with a selective sweep, using the same model as in (A). The theoretical neutral expectation is plotted as a black dashed line, and time intervals are adjusted so that all intervals have equal probability of observing a coalescent event. Continuous vertical lines represent mean values of the simulations. (C) Same as in (B), but for a neutrally evolving region, using the same model as in Fig 3.
🔎 New from researchers at @UNC: "Kombucha Tea-associated microbes remodel host metabolic pathways to suppress lipid accumulation" plos.io/4aJ4XVw
ALT Fig 6. KTM consumption stimulates host lipid catabolism and impairs TAG synthesis. Full caption and image description available at: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011003
This recent study from researchers at @AarhusUni_int and @Harvard discusses using TRAILS for tree reconstruction of ancestry using incomplete lineage sorting. plos.io/3wUeniH
ALT Fig 4. The posterior probability can be used to detect deviations from the neutral expectation.
(A) Posterior probability of the second coalescent event for a simulated 200 kb region containing a positively selected variant at position 100 kb that arises in interval S0, represented by a triangle. The true simulated coalescent times are plotted as green horizontal lines. (B) Mean posterior probability for each second coalescent interval (purple), and the empirical true proportion of sites for each interval (green) for 20 simulated replicates with a selective sweep, using the same model as in (A). The theoretical neutral expectation is plotted as a black dashed line, and time intervals are adjusted so that all intervals have equal probability of observing a coalescent event. Continuous vertical lines represent mean values of the simulations. (C) Same as in (B), but for a neutrally evolving region, using the same model as in Fig 3.
🔎 New from researchers at @UNC: "Kombucha Tea-associated microbes remodel host metabolic pathways to suppress lipid accumulation" plos.io/4aJ4XVw
ALT Fig 6. KTM consumption stimulates host lipid catabolism and impairs TAG synthesis. Full caption and image description available at: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011003
Today we say a fond farewell to our Editors-in-Chief Gregory S. Barsh and Gregory P. Copenhaver. As we reflect on their leadership, we are profoundly grateful for their role in shaping the journal into the reputable and remarkable platform it is today. plos.io/3J3YrNw
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