Abstract
> Advances in genetic technology and biological understanding in the last 100 years have opened a new era of discovery and investigation. In the centennial year of the journal GENETICS , we quantify the remarkable shifts in genetic research through textual analysis of publications. We characterize
Highlights
We investigated the onset and decline of language associated with ideas in population genetics
We extended Dietrich et al (2014) by covering the entire century of publication history of GENETICS and by using proportions of papers rather than counts to characterize trends in use
Though many of the unicellular organisms investigated show an extremely similar expansion and decline, there are underlying subtleties (Figure 4B). Though both Escherichia coli and Salmonella underwent expansions beginning at the same time, the decrease in use of E. coli is much more recent than that of Salmonella
Summary
In the centennial year of the journal GENETICS, we quantify the remarkable shifts in genetic research through textual analysis of publications. THIS year, we celebrate a century since the first issue of GENETICS was published This century has come with incredible breakthroughs and growth in our understanding of genetics, and GENETICS has played an important role in these discoveries. The breakthrough came soon after, with identification of DNA as the crucial molecule inherited from generation to generation (Avery et al 1944) This was followed by geneticists’ new ability to understand and manipulate DNA itself. We investigate trends in specific word groups (delineating subfields, methodologies, and organisms studied), as well as broader decade-specific shifts that reflect the rapid growth and change in genetics
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