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Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent

Sherman, R.M. et al. Nat. Genet. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0273-y (2018)

Fast, in vivo voltage imaging using a red fluorescent indicator

Kannan, M. et al. Nat. Methods 15, 1108–1116 (2018)

Microbial interkingdom interactions in roots promote Arabidopsis survival

Durán, P. et al. Cell 175, 973–983.e14 (2018)

Inhibiting inflammation with myeloid cell-specific nanobiologics promotes organ transplant acceptance

Braza, M.S. et al. Immunity 49, 819–828.e6 (2018)

Sensitive tumour detection and classification using plasma cell-free DNA methylomes

Shen, S.Y. et al. Nature 563, 579–583 (2018)