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A girl with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is holding a mouse, reflecting the significant biological relationship between the two species whereby mice can serve as a model system to study human disease. Mice that are homozygous for a null allele of the fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (Fgfrl1) gene recapitulate multiple aspects of WHS, including skeletal malformations and cardiac valve defects. See research article by Catela et al. on page 283. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
IN THIS ISSUE
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
JOURNAL CLUB
EDITORIAL
COMMUNITY NEWS
A MODEL FOR LIFE
Using zebrafish to understand the genome: an interview with Nancy Hopkins
Nancy Hopkins is famous for pushing the envelope: both in her pursuit to understand cancer genetics and in exposing professional disparities between men and women. Here, she discusses influential moments that have defined her career path, and her concerns for the future.
CLINICAL PUZZLE
PRIMER
AT A GLANCE
PERSPECTIVE
RESEARCH ARTICLE
RESEARCH REPORT
Sex matters in preclinical research
DMM calls for improved inclusion, analysis and reporting of sex as a biological variable in preclinical animal modelling research. Read the full Editorial by Monica J. Justice.
Subject collection: Building advocacy into research
DMM’s new series - Building advocacy into research - features interviews, ‘The Patient’s Voice’, with patients and advocates for a range of disease types, with the aim of supporting the highest quality research for the benefit of all patients affected by disease.
Travelling Fellowships for early-career researchers
DMM and its sister journals offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more about our Travelling Fellowships and read stories from previous grant recipients.
Read & Publish Open Access publishing: what authors say
We have had great feedback from authors who have benefitted from our Read & Publish agreement with their institution and have been able to publish Open Access with us without paying an APC. Read what they had to say.
The Forest of Biologists
Our Publisher Claire Moulton recently visited the two Woodland Trust UK sites where we are planting new native trees for published Research and Review papers and protecting ancient woodland on behalf of our peer reviewers.
