News tagged with geneticists

Time is ticking for some crop's wild relatives

A botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant survives, and leads to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also happened during this time in the late 1800's, isn't just a story ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code

Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish "g" from "q." What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

lobSTR algorithm rolls DNA fingerprinting into 21st century

As any crime show buff can tell you, DNA evidence identifies a victim's remains, fingers the guilty, and sets the innocent free. But in reality, the processing of forensic DNA evidence takes much longer than a 60-minute primetime ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research on stickleback fish shows how adaptation to new environments involves many genes

A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geneticists discover global strategies used by bacteria to adapt to changing environmental conditions

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research findings, published this week in two papers in the journal Science provide new insights into the behavior of bacteria.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit flies use alcohol as a drug to kill parasites

Fruit flies infected with a blood-borne parasite consume alcohol to self-medicate, a behavior that greatly increases their survival rate, an Emory University study finds.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Which wheats make the best whole-grain cookie doughs?

Festive cookies, served at year-end holiday gatherings, may in the future be made with a larger proportion of whole-grain flour instead of familiar, highly refined white flour. That's a goal of ongoing studies by U.S. Department ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Project uses mummy DNA to differentiate croc species

The Nile crocodile is a species that was identified by ancient Egyptians. Genetic analysis done by a group of geneticists using samples taken from species throughout the animal's range and including DNA from mummified crocodile ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding

BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice was published online today in Nature Biotechnology. The study provides one of the largest genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YeastBook, the Eukaryotic Cell Encyclopedia is launched by Genetics

A new series of article-chapters to be published in the journal GENETICS (http://www.genetics.org) promises to help scientists better access the wealth of research knowledge obtained on an important experimental organism ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genome-scale network of rice genes to speed the development of biofuel crops

The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researches that includes scientists with the U.S. Department ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Platypus helps shed new light on mammalian evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large international study published today in Nature has revealed new insights into how the regulation of the entire genome has changed during mammalian evolution over the past 200 millio ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study shows humans still evolving

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence of human evolution and rapid genetic changes suggesting that, contrary to modern claims, technological and cu ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 57 | with audio podcast report

Scientists develop new potato lines to wage war on wireworms

When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An eye gene colors butterfly wings red

Red may mean STOP or I LOVE YOU! A red splash on a toxic butterfly's wing screams DON'T EAT ME! In nature, one toxic butterfly species may mimic the wing pattern of another toxic species in the area. By ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geneticist

A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or Medical Doctor who has been trained in genetics as a specialization. They evaluate, diagnose , and manage patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculation, and mutation analysis as well as refer patients to other medical specialties.

Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, cell biology, English, and mathematics. They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics, transmission genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, ecological genetics, and genomics.

Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medicine, agriculture, wildlife, general sciences or many other fields.

Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue.

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