May 2017 Table of Contents

Investigations

• Methods, Technology, and Resources

  • GeneImp: Fast Imputation to Large Reference Panels Using Genotype Likelihoods from Ultralow Coverage Sequencing

    Athina Spiliopoulou, Marco Colombo, Peter Orchard, Felix Agakov, Paul McKeigue

    Genetics May 2017 206: 91-104; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.200063

• Statistical Genetics and Genomics

  • Estimating Seven Coefficients of Pairwise Relatedness Using Population-Genomic Data

    Matthew S. Ackerman, Parul Johri, Ken Spitze, Sen Xu, Thomas G. Doak, Kimberly Young, Michael Lynch

    Genetics May 2017 206: 105-118; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.190660
  • Bivariate Analysis of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Progression Using Genetic Risk Scores

    Ying Ding, Yi Liu, Qi Yan, Lars G. Fritsche, Richard J. Cook, Traci Clemons, Rinki Ratnapriya, Michael L. Klein, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Anand Swaroop, Emily Y. Chew, Daniel E. Weeks, Wei Chen, the AREDS2 Research Group

    Genetics May 2017 206: 119-133; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196998

• Gene Expression

  • Structure and Origin of the White Cap Locus and Its Role in Evolution of Grain Color in Maize

    Open Access

    Bao-Cai Tan, Jiahn-Chou Guan, Shuo Ding, Shan Wu, Jonathan W. Saunders, Karen E. Koch, Donald R. McCarty

    Genetics May 2017 206: 135-150; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198911
  • Adaptation of Candida albicans to Reactive Sulfur Species

    Yasmin Chebaro, Michael Lorenz, Alice Fa, Rui Zheng, Michael Gustin

    Genetics May 2017 206: 151-162; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.199679
  • Germ Granules Prevent Accumulation of Somatic Transcripts in the Adult Caenorhabditis elegans Germline

    Andrew Kekūpa’a Knutson, Thea Egelhofer, Andreas Rechtsteiner, Susan Strome

    Genetics May 2017 206: 163-178; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198549
  • A Cre Transcription Fidelity Reporter Identifies GreA as a Major RNA Proofreading Factor in Escherichia coli

    Open Access

    Mikhail G. Bubunenko, Carolyn B. Court, Alison J. Rattray, Deanna R. Gotte, Maria L. Kireeva, Jorge A. Irizarry-Caro, Xintian Li, Ding J. Jin, Donald L. Court, Jeffrey N. Strathern, Mikhail Kashlev

    Genetics May 2017 206: 179-187; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198960

• Cellular Genetics

  • Germline Proliferation Is Regulated by Somatic Endocytic Genes via JNK and BMP Signaling in Drosophila

    Open Access

    Yaning Tang, Qing Geng, Di Chen, Shaowei Zhao, Xian Liu, Zhaohui Wang

    Genetics May 2017 206: 189-197; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196535

• Developmental and Behavioral Genetics

  • Adult Muscle Formation Requires Drosophila Moleskin for Proliferation of Wing Disc-Associated Muscle Precursors

    Kumar Vishal, David S. Brooks, Simranjot Bawa, Samantha Gameros, Marta Stetsiv, Erika R. Geisbrecht

    Genetics May 2017 206: 199-213; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193813
  • Extrinsic Repair of Injured Dendrites as a Paradigm for Regeneration by Fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Open Access

    Meital Oren-Suissa, Tamar Gattegno, Veronika Kravtsov, Benjamin Podbilewicz

    Genetics May 2017 206: 215-230; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196386
  • A Search for Genes Mediating the Growth-Promoting Function of TGFβ in the Drosophila melanogaster Wing Disc

    Covadonga F. Hevia, Ana López-Varea, Nuria Esteban, Jose F. de Celis

    Genetics May 2017 206: 231-249; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.197228
  • Molecular Determinants of the Regulation of Development and Metabolism by Neuronal eIF2α Phosphorylation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Warakorn Kulalert, Harini Sadeeshkumar, Ying K. Zhang, Frank C. Schroeder, Dennis H. Kim

    Genetics May 2017 206: 251-263; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.200568
  • The NCA-1 and NCA-2 Ion Channels Function Downstream of G_q and Rho To Regulate Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Irini Topalidou, Pin-An Chen, Kirsten Cooper, Shigeki Watanabe, Erik M. Jorgensen, Michael Ailion

    Genetics May 2017 206: 265-282; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198820
  • Locomotion Behavior Is Affected by the Gα_S Pathway and the Two-Pore-Domain K⁺ Channel TWK-7 Interacting in GABAergic Motor Neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Dieter-Christian Gottschling, Frank Döring, Kai Lüersen

    Genetics May 2017 206: 283-297; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.195669
  • Regulation of Hyphal Growth and N-Acetylglucosamine Catabolism by Two Transcription Factors in Candida albicans

    Shamoon Naseem, Kyunghun Min, Daniel Spitzer, Justin Gardin, James B. Konopka

    Genetics May 2017 206: 299-314; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.201491

• Population and Evolutionary Genetics

  • Population Genomics of Daphnia pulex

    Michael Lynch, Ryan Gutenkunst, Matthew Ackerman, Ken Spitze, Zhiqiang Ye, Takahiro Maruki, Zhiyuan Jia

    Genetics May 2017 206: 315-332; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.190611
  • The Bacterial Sequential Markov Coalescent

    Open Access

    Nicola De Maio, Daniel J. Wilson

    Genetics May 2017 206: 333-343; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198796
  • Inference of the Distribution of Selection Coefficients for New Nonsynonymous Mutations Using Large Samples

    Open Access

    Bernard Y. Kim, Christian D. Huber, Kirk E. Lohmueller

    Genetics May 2017 206: 345-361; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.197145
  • Comparative Analyses of Selection Operating on Nontranslated Intergenic Regions of Diverse Bacterial Species

    Harry A. Thorpe, Sion C. Bayliss, Laurence D. Hurst, Edward J. Feil

    Genetics May 2017 206: 363-376; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.195784
  • Spiraling Complexity: A Test of the Snowball Effect in a Computational Model of RNA Folding

    Ata Kalirad, Ricardo B. R. Azevedo

    Genetics May 2017 206: 377-388; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196030
  • Rapid Adaptation of a Polygenic Trait After a Sudden Environmental Shift

    Kavita Jain, Wolfgang Stephan

    Genetics May 2017 206: 389-406; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196972
  • Prophage Provide a Safe Haven for Adaptive Exploration in Temperate Viruses

    Lindi M. Wahl, Tyler Pattenden

    Genetics May 2017 206: 407-416; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.197541
  • A Phylogenetic Codon Substitution Model for Antibody Lineages

    Open Access

    Kenneth B. Hoehn, Gerton Lunter, Oliver G. Pybus

    Genetics May 2017 206: 417-427; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196303
  • Exploring Evolutionary Relationships Across the Genome Using Topology Weighting

    Open Access

    Simon H. Martin, Steven M. Van Belleghem

    Genetics May 2017 206: 429-438; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.194720
  • Accuracy of Demographic Inferences from the Site Frequency Spectrum: The Case of the Yoruba Population

    Marguerite Lapierre, Amaury Lambert, Guillaume Achaz

    Genetics May 2017 206: 439-449; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192708

• Genome Integrity and Transmission

  • A Pooled Sequencing Approach Identifies a Candidate Meiotic Driver in Drosophila

    Kevin H.-C. Wei, Hemakumar M. Reddy, Chandramouli Rathnam, Jimin Lee, Deanna Lin, Shuqing Ji, James M. Mason, Andrew G. Clark, Daniel A. Barbash

    Genetics May 2017 206: 451-465; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.197335
  • Annealing of Complementary DNA Sequences During Double-Strand Break Repair in Drosophila Is Mediated by the Ortholog of SMARCAL1

    Julie Korda Holsclaw, Jeff Sekelsky

    Genetics May 2017 206: 467-480; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.200238
  • Nonhomologous End-Joining with Minimal Sequence Loss Is Promoted by the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1-Ctp1 Complex in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Yanhui Li, Jinyu Wang, Gang Zhou, Michael Lajeunesse, Nga Le, Brittany N. Stawicki, Yalitza Lopez Corcino, Kathleen L. Berkner, Kurt W. Runge

    Genetics May 2017 206: 481-496; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.200972
  • Coordination of Double Strand Break Repair and Meiotic Progression in Yeast by a Mek1-Ndt80 Negative Feedback Loop

    Evelyn Prugar, Cameron Burnett, Xiangyu Chen, Nancy M. Hollingsworth

    Genetics May 2017 206: 497-512; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.199703
  • DNA Damage Tolerance Pathway Choice Through Uls1 Modulation of Srs2 SUMOylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Karol Kramarz, Seweryn Mucha, Ireneusz Litwin, Anna Barg-Wojas, Robert Wysocki, Dorota Dziadkowiec

    Genetics May 2017 206: 513-525; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.196568