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Histone Deacetylases with Antagonistic Roles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Heterochromatin Formation

September 2016 | Deborah M. Thurtle-Schmidt, Anne E. Dodson, Jasper Rine
As the only catalytic member of the Sir-protein gene-silencing complex, Sir2’s catalytic activity is...
Genetic Architecture of Domestication-Related Traits in Maize
September 2016 | Shang Xue, Peter J. Bradbury, Terry Casstevens, James B. Holland
Strong directional selection occurred during the domestication of maize from its wild ancestor teosinte, reducing its genetic diversity, particularly at genes controlling...
Remarkably Long-Tract Gene Conversion Induced by Fragile Site Instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

September 2016 | Shahana A. Chumki, Mikael K. Dunn, Thomas F. Coates, Jeanmarie D. Mishler, Ellen M. Younkin, Anne M. Casper
Replication stress causes breaks at chromosomal locations called common fragile sites. Deletions causing loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in human tumors are strongly...
The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Caenorhabditis elegans Telomere Length

September 2016 | Daniel E. Cook, Stefan Zdraljevic, Robyn E. Tanny, Beomseok Seo, David D. Riccardi, Luke M. Noble, Matthew V. Rockman, Mark J. Alkema, Christian Braendle, Jan E. Kammenga, John Wang, Leonid Kruglyak, Marie-Anne Félix, Junho Lee, Erik C. Andersen
Telomeres are involved in the maintenance of chromosomes and the prevention of genome instability. Despite this central importance, significant variation in telomere...
Fine-Scale Human Population Structure in Southern Africa Reflects Ecogeographic Boundaries
September 2016 | Caitlin Uren, Minju Kim, Alicia R. Martin, Dean Bobo, Christopher R. Gignoux, Paul D. van Helden, Marlo Möller, Eileen G. Hoal, Brenna M. Henn
Recent genetic studies have established that the KhoeSan populations of southern Africa are distinct from all other African populations and have remained largely isolated...
Bayesian Inference of the Evolution of a Phenotype Distribution on a Phylogenetic Tree
September 2016 | M. Azim Ansari, Xavier Didelot
The distribution of a phenotype on a phylogenetic tree is often a quantity of interest. Many phenotypes have imperfect heritability, so that a measurement of the...
Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize: Seed to Seed in 60 Days
September 2016 | Morgan E. McCaw, Jason G. Wallace, Patrice S. Albert, Edward S. Buckler, James A. Birchler
Two lines of Zea mays were developed as a short-generation model for maize. The Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize (FFMM) lines A and B are robust inbred lines with a...
Detecting Heterogeneity in Population Structure Across the Genome in Admixed Populations
September 2016 | Caitlin McHugh, Lisa Brown, Timothy A. Thornton
The genetic structure of human populations is often characterized by aggregating measures of ancestry across the autosomal chromosomes. While it may be reasonable to...

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