SaraH Zanders 🎃💀
@ZandersLab
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I use fission yeast to study selfish genes during meiosis to learn more about possible causes of infertility. Opinions are mine not my employer’s
Kansas City, MO
Joined September 2016
RT @KBomblies: Thrilled to announce - our latest on polyploid arenosa just got published in Science :-) Thanks to the amazing team that mad….
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Mechanistic follow-up to a genome scan shows selection targeted pollen tube tip growth to rectify neopolyploid fertility defects.
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RT @lohmueller: Really excited about our latest preprint on dominance of nonsynonymous deleterious mutations in humans. Chris's thread prov….
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RT @TakashiAkeraLab: Preprint🚨on a new mechanism of genetic cheating in meiosis! 🧬We found that a mouse selfish DNA, R2d2, combines the ele….
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During meiosis, homologous chromosomes segregate so that alleles are transmitted equally to haploid gametes, following Mendel’s Law of Segregation. However, some selfish genetic elements drive in...
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RT @PomBase: How does Pombase use resources effectively? With a little help from our friends. @rcsbPDB @news4go @rhea_db @MonarchInit @all….
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Abstract. PomBase (https://www.pombase.org), the model organism database (MOD) for fission yeast, was recently awarded Global Core Biodata Resource (GCBR)
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RT @MendelsLOLs: Preprint alert! 🐜 🧬.The first from my PhD with @DanielKronauer, with an assist from @teraxurato. We discovered an unusual….
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According to Mendel’s second law, chromosomes segregate randomly in meiosis. Non-random segregation is primarily known for cases of selfish meiotic drive in females, in which particular alleles bias...
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RT @LisaKursel: I had a lot of fun working on this story and I'm pleased to see it now published. A pleasure as always to work with @TheRog….
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RT @HittingerLab: Be sure to check out this new publication in @PLOSBiology describing an interesting link between cell-type specific regul….
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Ploidy is a fundamental trait of all organisms, but it varies within and between fungal species. This study reveals how strong conditional selection on a metabolic trait can lead to ploidy and cell...
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RT @ScienceLeah: Excited to see our latest collaboration with @DrinnenbergLab and @leonidmirny lab looking at interphase genome organizatio….
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RT @lab_borde: Proximity labeling reveals new insights into the relationships between meiotic recombination proteins in S. cerevisiae https….
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Several protein ensembles facilitate MutSγ crossover recombination and the associated process of synaptonemal complex (SC) assembly during meiosis, but the physical and functional relationships...
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RT @AnnaSelmecki: Great work from postdocs Xin Zhou and Petra Vande Zande in our group! .The Dynamic Fungal Genome: Polyploidy, Aneuploidy….
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RT @ScienceStowers: Applications are now open for @stowersgrad #PhD in #Biology program! If you are looking for mentorship, incredible labs….
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RT @tylernstarr: Twitter may be dying, but the Starr lab is coming to life! We put out the first preprint from the lab @UofUBiochem, where….
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RT @Ozel_MN: The Özel Lab at Stowers Institute is hiring at all levels! We are looking for motivated postdocs, technicians as well as a lab….
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This is where you can thrive with the support of dedicated and talented colleagues, unmatched resources, and continuous opportunities for learning.
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RT @3rdreviewer: Looks like an amazing new paper, from some of my favorite people (@greggwcthomas, @levine_lab, @jeffreymgood). https://t.….
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A species tree is a central concept in evolutionary biology whereby a single branching phylogeny reflects relationships among species. However, the phylogenies of different genomic regions often...
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RT @ScienceStowers: A fantastic #WednesdayLectureSeries, on a Tuesday! Thank you to @tylernstarr, from @UofUBiochem, for joining us for a p….
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RT @MichaelCChurch: Very happy to finally be able to share our work at @NAR_Open! We aimed to answer the question: why does the well-known….
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RT @J0Nelson: Today the Nelson Lab opens at @stonybrooku! I'm very excited to start this adventure and looking forward to building an amazi….
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