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Matter: Having More Than One Set of DNA Carries Legacy of Risk

Mosaicism is more common than once thought and can lead to diseases in the children of those with more than one genome, a study says.

From the NYTimes News-2014-7-31:20:6:1

Observatory: Seals Surviving Climate Change Tend to Thrive

Antarctic fur seal populations are declining, and changing genetically.

From the NYTimes News-2014-7-28:20:6:1

Dinosaurs' extinction 'bad luck'

Dinosaurs might have survived if the asteroid that wiped them out had hit the Earth a few million years later or earlier, a new study suggests.

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One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life, by J.Archibald from Oxford Univ Press (Jul 28).

The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B invites proposals for issues for publication in late 2015. (Jul 18).

From Eve to Evolution Darwin, Science and Women's Rights in Gilded Age America by K.Hamlin from Univ Chicago Press (Jul 17).

Phenotypic integration and modularity in plants and animals ed by W.Armbruster from the Royal Society (Jul 10).

The Evolution of Sex Determination by L.Beukeboom and N.Perrin from Oxford Univ Press (Jul 10).

One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life, by J.Archibald from Oxford Univ Press (Jul 9).

Plant Evolution by D.Crawford et al. from the Royal Society (Jul 3).

Primate Social Evolution by M.Pina and N.Gontier from Springer (Jun 28).

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Aug 1 12:00	Remarkable diversity of endogenous viruses in a crustacean genome - Julien Thézé, Sébastien Leclercq, Bouziane Moumen, Richard Cordaux, Clément Gilbert (GBE)
Aug 1 12:00	Ancient Nuclear Plastid DNA in the Yew Family (Taxaceae) - Chih-Yao Hsu, Chung-Shien Wu, Shu-Miaw Chaw (GBE)
Aug 1 11:59	Multihost experimental evolution of the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum unveils genes involved in adaptation to plants - A. Guidot et al. (MBE)
Aug 1 11:59	Genome-wide SNP analysis reveals population structure and demographic history of the Ryukyu Islanders in the southern part of the Japanese Archipelago - Takehiro Sato et al. (MBE)
Aug 1 11:59	Amino acid metabolism conflicts with protein diversity - Teresa Krick et al. (MBE)
Aug 1 11:59	Alignment errors strongly impact likelihood-based tests for comparing topologies - Eli Levy Karin, Edward Susko, Tal Pupko (MBE)
Jul 30 12:00	Three classes of plasmid (47-63 kb) carry the type B neurotoxin gene cluster of Group II Clostridium botulinum - Andrew T. Carter, John W. Austin, Kelly A. Weedmark, Cindi Corbett, Michael W. Peck (GBE)
Jul 30 12:00	Restriction and recruitment - gene duplication and the origin and evolution of snake venom toxins - Adam D Hargreaves, Martin T Swain, Matthew J Hegarty, Darren W Logan, John F Mulley (GBE)
Jul 30 11:59	Exchange and Complementation of Genes Coding for Photosynthetic Reaction Center Core Subunits among Purple Bacteria - Kenji V. P. Nagashima et al. (JME)
Jul 30 11:59	Modular Evolution of DNA-Binding Preference of a Tbrain Transcription Factor Provides a Mechanism for Modifying Gene Regulatory Networks - Alys M. Cheatle Jarvela et al. (MBE)
Jul 30 07:59	On the Complexity of Chloroplast RNA Metabolism: psaA Trans-splicing Can be Bypassed in Chlamydomonas - Linnka Lefebvre-Legendre, Livia Merendino, Cristian Rivier, Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont (MBE)

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Dear colleagues,

Please find herein an announcement for a two-year (renewable once)
post-doctoral research position in adaptation genomics and epigenomics
at the University of Lille, France. The position will start before
December 2014.

Best regards,

Hélène Frérot.

*****

Postdoctoral research position in adaptation genomics
 
Host laboratory : laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations
Végétales, Université Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Contact : Hélène Frérot, helene.frerot@univ-lille1.fr, +33 (0)3 20
43 40 33

A two-year post-doc position, possibly renewable once, is available
at the GEPV laboratory in Lille, France. It is funded by the French
National Research Agency (ANR) and the salary is about 2200 € a month
(net of taxes).  The postdoctoral position is open in the frame of a
scientific project entitled ELOCANTH for “Evolution of local adaptation
in anthropogenic environment” which is interested in the genetic and
epigenetic bases of local adaptation in two metallophyte model species:
Arabidopsis halleri and Noccaea caerulescens, both Brassicaceae.  Genetic
bases will be studied using progenies from controlled crosses and QTL
mapping analyses. Genetic maps for QTL detection will be constructed
using molecular markers of SNP polymorphisms scattered throughout the
genome. SNP will be detected from resequencing genomic data obtained from
the crosses parents. SNP selection will be performed using bioinformatic
tools so as to cover the genome, with a particular focus on genomic
regions assumed to host candidate genes.  Epigenetic bases will be studied
by high-throughput sequencing of the methylome (Methyl-Seq). Complementary
analyses of plant transcriptome will be also performed by RNA-Seq. The
applicant will be particularly in charge of bioinformatics analyses of
data obtained on N. caerulescens. This part of the project is carried out
in close collaboration with the University of Liege (scientific manager:
Dr Marc Hanikenne).  Skills in adaptation genomics and bioinformatics are
required. The applicant should also have solid knowledge in quantitative
genetics and, if possible, in plant physiology. The applicant will be
also solicited to take part in plant phenotyping.  The applicant will
benefit from a stimulating scientific context as the host group is main
coordinator of an international research network funded by the Centre
of National Scientific Research (CNRS) and called LOCOMET (“Transport,
LOcalization and COmplexation of METals in hyperaccumulating plants”).
For application, please send a short CV including description of past
and present research activities, a motivation letter and two letters
of reference.

--
Hélène Frérot-Pauwels
Enseignant-chercheur / Assistant professor
Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales
UMR CNRS 8198
Université Lille 1, Bâtiment SN2
F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0) 3 20 43 40 33
Skype pseudonym: helene_frerot

Frerot Helene <Helene.Frerot@univ-lille1.fr>

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