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Data tables are a central element of most scientific papers. Simplified tables with separation of data storage from presentation format are ways to increase the impact and use of research data.
The field of genetics owes its existence and most of its methods to agriculture. This year, genomic strategies and tools have notably begun to pay back the favor. Crop plants may be not only the discipline's most readily translated applications but also its most fruitful model organisms.
Whereas plans for data generation and public release can be agreed upon between data producers and their funders, community standards for the reporting, analysis and publication of high throughput data require wider discussion and broad consensus.
Newborn screening panels for genetic diseases are now nearly uniform across the United States, and expanded panels now test for diseases for which there is no known treatment. This expansion of newborn screening raises questions about whether traditional assumptions of implied consent are appropriate.