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Genome integrity and transmission

Michael Pacher, Waltraud Schmidt-Puchta, and Holger Puchta Two Unlinked Double-Strand Breaks Can Induce Reciprocal Exchanges in Plant Genomes via Homologous Recombination and Nonhomologous End Joining Genetics 2007 175: 21–29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Weichang Yu, Jonathan C. Lamb, Fangpu Han, and James A. Birchler Cytological Visualization of DNA Transposons and Their Transposition Pattern in Somatic Cells of Maize Genetics 2007 175: 31–39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Susan K. Amundsen and Gerald R. Smith Chi Hotspot Activity in Escherichia coli Without RecBCD Exonuclease Activity: Implications for the Mechanism of Recombination Genetics 2007 175: 41–54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Gene expression

Xiaomei Zeng, Audrey Hourset, and Alexander Tzagoloff The Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATP22 Gene Codes for the Mitochondrial ATPase Subunit 6-Specific Translation Factor Genetics 2007 175: 55–63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cellular genetics

Jennifer L. Brace, Robert L. Lester, Robert C. Dickson, and Charles M. Rudin SVF1 Regulates Cell Survival by Affecting Sphingolipid Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 175: 65–76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Lockshon, Lauren E. Surface, Emily O. Kerr, Matt Kaeberlein, and Brian K. Kennedy The Sensitivity of Yeast Mutants to Oleic Acid Implicates the Peroxisome and Other Processes in Membrane Function Genetics 2007 175: 77–91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Developmental and behavioral genetics

Antony M. Jose, I. Amy Bany, Daniel L. Chase, and Michael R. Koelle A Specific Subset of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-Type Channel Subunits in Caenorhabditis elegans Endocrine Cells Function as Mixed Heteromers to Promote Neurotransmitter Release Genetics 2007 175: 93–105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Kathryn K. Stein, Edward S. Davis, Thomas Hays, and Andy Golden Components of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Regulate the Anaphase-Promoting Complex During Meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics 2007 175: 107–123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kathryn L. Pepple, Aimée E. Anderson, Benjamin J. Frankfort, and Graeme Mardon A Genetic Screen in Drosophila for Genes Interacting With senseless During Neuronal Development Identifies the Importin moleskin Genetics 2007 175: 125–141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jing Li, Seema Agarwal, and G. Shirleen Roeder SSP2 and OSW1, Two Sporulation-Specific Genes Involved in Spore Morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 175: 143–154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Mary K. Kuhner and Lucian P. Smith Comparing Likelihood and Bayesian Coalescent Estimation of Population Parameters Genetics 2007 175: 155–165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Josefa González, Ferran Casals, and Alfredo Ruiz Testing Chromosomal Phylogenies and Inversion Breakpoint Reuse in Drosophila Genetics 2007 175: 167–177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Yoichi Yusa Nuclear Sex-Determining Genes Cause Large Sex-Ratio Variation in the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata Genetics 2007 175: 179–184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ayako Oka, Toshihiro Aoto, Yoshikazu Totsuka, Riichi Takahashi, Masatsugu Ueda, Akihiko Mita, Noriko Sakurai-Yamatani, Hiromi Yamamoto, Satoshi Kuriki, Nobuo Takagi, Kazuo Moriwaki, and Toshihiko Shiroishi Disruption of Genetic Interaction Between Two Autosomal Regions and the X Chromosome Causes Reproductive Isolation Between Mouse Strains Derived From Different Subspecies Genetics 2007 175: 185–197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jung Kyoon Choi, Sang Cheol Kim, Jungmin Seo, Sangsoo Kim, and Jong Bhak Impact of Transcriptional Properties on Essentiality and Evolutionary Rate Genetics 2007 175: 199–206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Thomas Wiehe, Viola Nolte, Daniel Zivkovic, and Christian Schlötterer Identification of Selective Sweeps Using a Dynamically Adjusted Number of Linked Microsatellites Genetics 2007 175: 207–218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Robin S. Waples and Masashi Yokota Temporal Estimates of Effective Population Size in Species With Overlapping Generations Genetics 2007 175: 219–233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Damian K. Dowling, Urban Friberg, Frank Hailer, and Göran Arnqvist Intergenomic Epistasis for Fitness: Within-Population Interactions Between Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Genes in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2007 175: 235–244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan Engelstädter and Gregory D. D. Hurst The Impact of Male-Killing Bacteria on Host Evolutionary Processes Genetics 2007 175: 245–254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrigendum]

Jesse D. Bloom, Alpan Raval, and Claus O. Wilke Thermodynamics of Neutral Protein Evolution Genetics 2007 175: 255–266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven J. Soll, Carolina Díaz Arenas, and Niles Lehman Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in Small Abiotic Populations of RNA Genetics 2007 175: 267–275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Piter Bijma, William M. Muir, and Johan A. M. Van Arendonk Multilevel Selection 1: Quantitative Genetics of Inheritance and Response to Selection Genetics 2007 175: 277–288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Piter Bijma, William M. Muir, Esther D. Ellen, Jason B. Wolf, and Johan A. M. Van Arendonk Multilevel Selection 2: Estimating the Genetic Parameters Determining Inheritance and Response to Selection Genetics 2007 175: 289–299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

María Pilar García Guerreiro and Antonio Fontdevila The Evolutionary History of Drosophila buzzatii. XXXVI. Molecular Structural Analysis of Osvaldo Retrotransposon Insertions in Colonizing Populations Unveils Drift Effects in Founder Events Genetics 2007 175: 301–310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seanna J. McTaggart, Jeffry L. Dudycha, Angela Omilian, and Teresa J. Crease Rates of Recombination in the Ribosomal DNA of Apomictically Propagated Daphnia obtusa Lines Genetics 2007 175: 311–320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genetics of complex traits

Alessandra C. L. Cervino, Ariel Darvasi, Mohammad Fallahi, Christopher C. Mader, and Nicholas F. Tsinoremas An Integrated in Silico Gene Mapping Strategy in Inbred Mice Genetics 2007 175: 321–333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Krista M. Nichols, Karl W. Broman, Kyle Sundin, Jennifer M. Young, Paul A. Wheeler, and Gary H. Thorgaard Quantitative Trait Loci x Maternal Cytoplasmic Environment Interaction for Development Rate in Oncorhynchus mykiss Genetics 2007 175: 335–347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles R. Farber and Juan F. Medrano Fine Mapping Reveals Sex Bias in Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Growth, Skeletal Size and Obesity-Related Traits on Mouse Chromosomes 2 and 11 Genetics 2007 175: 349–360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Huihui Li, Guoyou Ye, and Jiankang Wang A Modified Algorithm for the Improvement of Composite Interval Mapping Genetics 2007 175: 361–374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. M. Rogers, N. Isabel, and L. Bernatchez Linkage Maps of the dwarf and Normal Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Species Complex and Their Hybrids Reveal the Genetic Architecture of Population Divergence Genetics 2007 175: 375–398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Santiago C. González-Martínez, Nicholas C. Wheeler, Elhan Ersoz, C. Dana Nelson, and David B. Neale Association Genetics in Pinus taeda L. I. Wood Property Traits Genetics 2007 175: 399–409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genome and systems biology

Arne B. Gjuvsland, Ben J. Hayes, Stig W. Omholt, and Örjan Carlborg Statistical Epistasis Is a Generic Feature of Gene Regulatory Networks Genetics 2007 175: 411–420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudia Schmegner, Josef Hoegel, Walther Vogel, and Günter Assum The Rate, Not the Spectrum, of Base Pair Substitutions Changes at a GC-Content Transition in the Human NF1 Gene Region: Implications for the Evolution of the Mammalian Genome Structure Genetics 2007 175: 421–428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Scott J. Emrich, Li Li, Tsui-Jung Wen, Marna D. Yandeau-Nelson, Yan Fu, Ling Guo, Hui-Hsien Chou, Srinivas Aluru, Daniel A. Ashlock, and Patrick S. Schnable Nearly Identical Paralogs: Implications for Maize (Zea mays L.) Genome Evolution Genetics 2007 175: 429–439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Marie Dufresne, Aurélie Hua-Van, Hala Abd el Wahab, Sarrah Ben M'Barek, Christelle Vasnier, Laure Teysset, Gert H. J. Kema, and Marie-Josée Daboussi Transposition of a Fungal Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Element Through the Action of a Tc1-Like Transposase Genetics 2007 175: 441–452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Population and evolutionary genetics

Joanna Masel and Heather Maughan Mutations Leading to Loss of Sporulation Ability in Bacillus subtilis Are Sufficiently Frequent to Favor Genetic Canalization Genetics 2007 175: 453–457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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