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Cisca Wijmenga reflects on a seminal publication by Houwen et al. that set the stage for genome-wide association studies and inspired her to dedicate her lab to complex trait genetics.
Qifa Zhang describes how a 2008 publication in Nature Biotechnology on transgenic purple tomatoes inspired him to tackle food security by improving the nutrient and culinary value of black rice.
Neil Gemmell recalls the pioneering work published in 1968 by Britten and Kohne, which ignited in him an enduring fascination as to why eukaryotic genomes contain substantial fractions of repetitive DNA.
