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Rachel Petersen

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Young PR and Media Relations professional working in Chicago, learning every day. I write more than I speak, and wouldn't have it any other way. Mid-west born and bred, studying at Michigan State University. You can see my writing and experience on Linked In, and you can see inside my head on Twitter.

Rachel Petersen’s Journalist Portfolio

Social commerce site Kumbuya experiences tremendous growth; accepted into prestigious accelerator

Social commerce site Kumbuya experiences tremendous growth; accepted into prestigious accelerator

Community-driven commerce platform is selected for Warner Bros.’ start-up accelerator program Media Camp and …

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Climbing the Ladder in the Service Industry, Part I: FOH

Climbing the Ladder in the Service Industry, Part I: FOH

Written by: Rachel Like any job, room for advancement is a huge consideration when searching for a job in the…

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Climbing the Ladder in the Service Industry, Part II: BOH

Climbing the Ladder in the Service Industry, Part II: BOH

Written by: Rachel Making your way in the service industry can be tricky. You have to prepare yourself for ha…

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A Server's Top Five Pet Peeves

A Server's Top Five Pet Peeves

Written by: Rachel 1"Not Nice" from Pinterest Getting snappy: Would you like it if someone were to snap their…

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Articles

Evidence for genetically-based sperm discrimination in the vaginal tract of a primate species

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By Rachel Petersen, Notre Dame, Lee M. Nonnamaker
| PLOS Biology
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Discovery Report Discovery Reports capture exploratory initial findings centered around a valuable and interesting research question. See all article types » Citation: Petersen RM, Nonnamaker L(M, Anderson JA, Bergey CM, Roos C, Melin AD, et al. (2026) Evidence for genetically-based sperm discrimination in the vaginal tract of a primate species. PLoS Biol 24(3): e3003699.
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Uncovering methylation-dependent genetic effects on regulatory element function in diverse genomes

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By Rachel Petersen, Christopher M. Vockley, Amanda Lea
| Genome Research
1,2,4 1Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA; 2Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA; 3The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA; 4Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA Corresponding author: amanda.j.lea{at}vanderbilt.edu Footnotes [Supplemental material is available for this article.] Article...
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Early life environments shape adult cardiometabolic health during rapid lifestyle change

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By Rachel Petersen, Marina M. Watowich, Colin Nicholas, Rob Tennyson
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Early life environments can have long-lasting impacts on health and fitness, but the evolutionary significance of these effects remains debated.
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