The illusion of clarity in familiar genetics diagrams

Crystal Uminski1, Dina L Newman2, L Kate Wright2

  • 1Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.

Trends in Genetics : TIG
|November 17, 2025
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