PUBLICATION
"Wrecks of Ancient Life": Genetic Variants Vetted by Natural Selection
- Authors
- Postlethwait, J.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150715-3
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Genetics 200: 675-8 (Other)
- Registered Authors
- Postlethwait, John H.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Awards and Prizes*
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics/history*
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Physical Chromosome Mapping/history
- Selection, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA/history
- Societies, Scientific
- United States
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 26170440 Full text @ Genetics
Citation
Postlethwait, J.H. (2015) "Wrecks of Ancient Life": Genetic Variants Vetted by Natural Selection. Genetics. 200:675-8.
Abstract
The Genetics Society of America's George W. Beadle Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers and who exemplify the qualities of its namesake as a respected academic, administrator, and public servant. The 2015 recipient is John Postlethwait. He has made groundbreaking contributions in developing the zebrafish as a molecular genetic model and in understanding the evolution of new gene functions in vertebrates. He built the first zebrafish genetic map and showed that its genome, along with that of distantly related teleost fish, had been duplicated. Postlethwait played an integral role in the zebrafish genome-sequencing project and elucidated the genomic organization of several fish species. Postlethwait is also honored for his active involvement with the zebrafish community, advocacy for zebrafish as a model system, and commitment to driving the field forward.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping