●The genome for the masses. Angrist, M. & Willard, H. F. Nature Genetics February (2005). How will the human genome sequence affect the taxpayers who paid for it? This article reviews the recent book by Rob DeSalle and Michael Yudell Welcome to the Genome: a User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present and Future.

●The beauty of admixture. Darvasi, A. & Shifman, S. Nature Genetics February (2005)

●Repeats hasten evolution? Bahcall, O. Nature Genetics February (2005) Recent evidence from dogs indicates that selection can act on tandem repeats. This News and Views article considers the idea that selection on this class of mutations might have contributed to the dramatic morphological and behavioural differences between dog breeds.

●RNA interference: methylation mystery. Ronemus, M. & Martienssen, R. Nature 3 February (2005) The authors of this News and Views article discuss surprising new evidence that microRNAs might have a role in DNA methylation.

●Heredity focus issue March (2005) This month's issue of Heredity focuses on quantitative genetics.

●Arthropod-borne diseases: vector control in the genomics era. Hill, C. A., Kafatos, F. C., Stansfield, S. K. and Collins, F. H. Nature Reviews Microbiology March (2005) This Opinion article discusses the potential contribution of vector genomics to the future development of novel insecticides and the genetic manipulation of vectors.

●Haplotyping in biomedicine — practical challenges. Cantor, C. R. & Nelson, M. R. Nature Biotechnology January (2005) The authors of this commentary article consider the challenges that need to be overcome before haplotype maps make a significant impact on diagnostic, preventive or therapeutic strategies.

●Transcriptome PETs: a genome's best friends. Peters, B. A. & Velculescu, V. E. Nature Methods February (2005) This News and Views article considers future improvements for gene discovery and annotation in light of a new method for the genome-wide characterization of the 5′ and 3′ ends of transcripts.