Over at GNXP Classic Ikwa points to some papers from the PLOS One project, which facilitates public feedback in the peer review process. Ikwa has a full list of papers, but I'll list the ones that he highlighted as of particular interest:
- Melanesian mtDNA Complexity
- Meta-Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Datasets: Strategies and Application in Parkinson Disease
- Expression Signature Predicts Human Breast Cancer Prognosis
- Catechol-
O -Methyltransferase Gene Polymorphism Modifies the Effect of Coffee Intake on Incidence of Acute Coronary Events - Transcriptional Changes Common to Human Cocaine, Cannabis and Phencyclidine Abuse
- Heterozygote Advantage for Fecundity
- Invasion and Persistence of a Selfish Gene in the Cnidaria
- Genetic Influences on Exercise Participation in 37.051 Twin Pairs from Seven Countries
- The Evolution of Mammalian Gene Families
- Selection for Heterozygosity Gives Hope to a Wild Population of Inbred Wolves
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