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Chris Gunter earned a Bachelor’s degree in both genetics
and biochemistry from the University of Georgia in 1992,
and a PhD in genetics from Emory University in 1998.
Her
research was centered on human genetics,
specifically on
fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of
mental retardation.
She then completed postdoctoral work
at Case Western Reserve University, examining the
mechanism of mammalian X-chromosome inactivation.
Dr Gunter has also earned publishing experience at
several journals, including editorial positions at
Human Molecular Genetics and Science.
She
currently serves as the editor for genetics and genomics
manuscripts
at the international journal Nature, the
most cited weekly science journal
in the world.
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