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Investigations

Genome integrity and transmission

Simon Ro and Bruce Rannala Inferring Somatic Mutation Rates Using the Stop-Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Mouse Genetics 2007 177: 9–16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaole L. Chen, Hannah R. Silver, Ling Xiong, Irina Belichenko, Caroline Adegite, and Erica S. Johnson Topoisomerase I-Dependent Viability Loss in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutants Defective in Both SUMO Conjugation and DNA Repair Genetics 2007 177: 17–30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Benjamin R. Williams, Jack R. Bateman, Natasha D. Novikov, and C.-Ting Wu Disruption of Topoisomerase II Perturbs Pairing in Drosophila Cell Culture Genetics 2007 177: 31–46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claire L. Dovey and Paul Russell Mms22 Preserves Genomic Integrity During DNA Replication in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Genetics 2007 177: 47–61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Debbie S. Wei and Yikang S. Rong A Genetic Screen For DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Mutations in Drosophila Genetics 2007 177: 63–77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gene expression

Huai Deng, Xiaomin Bao, Weiguo Zhang, Jack Girton, Jørgen Johansen, and Kristen M. Johansen Reduced Levels of Su(var)3-9 But Not Su(var)2-5 (HP1) Counteract the Effects on Chromatin Structure and Viability in Loss-of-Function Mutants of the JIL-1 Histone H3S10 Kinase Genetics 2007 177: 79–87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fanis Missirlis, Stylianos Kosmidis, Tom Brody, Manos Mavrakis, Sara Holmberg, Ward F. Odenwald, Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis, and Tracey A. Rouault Homeostatic Mechanisms for Iron Storage Revealed by Genetic Manipulations and Live Imaging of Drosophila Ferritin Genetics 2007 177: 89–100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Andrea A. Duina, Anne Rufiange, John Bracey, Jeffrey Hall, Amine Nourani, and Fred Winston Evidence that the Localization of the Elongation Factor Spt16 Across Transcribed Genes Is Dependent Upon Histone H3 Integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 101–112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Sergey Rodin, Olga Kyrchanova, Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Alexander Parshikov, and Pavel Georgiev New Properties of Drosophila Fab-7 Insulator Genetics 2007 177: 113–121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicole James, Emilie Landrieux, and Martine A. Collart A SAGA-Independent Function of SPT3 Mediates Transcriptional Deregulation in a Mutant of the Ccr4-Not Complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 123–135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Suzanne C. Hoppins, Nancy E. Go, Astrid Klein, Simone Schmitt, Walter Neupert, Doron Rapaport, and Frank E. Nargang Alternative Splicing Gives Rise to Different Isoforms of the Neurospora crassa Tob55 Protein That Vary in Their Ability to Insert ß-Barrel Proteins Into the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Genetics 2007 177: 137–149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

A. Irina Mutiu, Stephen M. T. Hoke, Julie Genereaux, Carol Hannam, Katherine MacKenzie, Olivier Jobin-Robitaille, Julie Guzzo, Jacques Côté, Brenda Andrews, David B. Haniford, and Christopher J. Brandl Structure/Function Analysis of the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Domain of Yeast Tra1 Genetics 2007 177: 151–166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Karen S. Weiler E(var)3-9 of Drosophila melanogaster Encodes a Zinc Finger Protein Genetics 2007 177: 167–178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Teresa D. Gallardo, George B. John, Lane Shirley, Cristina M. Contreras, Esra A. Akbay, J. Marshall Haynie, Samuel E. Ward, Meredith J. Shidler, and Diego H. Castrillon Genomewide Discovery and Classification of Candidate Ovarian Fertility Genes in the Mouse Genetics 2007 177: 179–194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Cellular genetics

Gregory P. Mullen, Eleanor A. Mathews, Mai H. Vu, Jerrod W. Hunter, Dennis L. Frisby, Angie Duke, Kiely Grundahl, Jamie D. Osborne, John A. Crowell, and James B. Rand Choline Transport and de novo Choline Synthesis Support Acetylcholine Biosynthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans Cholinergic Neurons Genetics 2007 177: 195–204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jun Ma, Rui Jin, Xiaoyu Jia, Craig J. Dobry, Li Wang, Fulvio Reggiori, Ji Zhu, and Anuj Kumar An Interrelationship Between Autophagy and Filamentous Growth in Budding Yeast Genetics 2007 177: 205–214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Masayuki Iwase, Jianying Luo, Erfei Bi, and Akio Toh-e Shs1 Plays Separable Roles in Septin Organization and Cytokinesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 215–229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gina Devasahayam, Daniel J. Burke, and Thomas W. Sturgill Golgi Manganese Transport Is Required for Rapamycin Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 231–238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Summer F. Acevedo, K. Kirki Tsigkari, Sofia Grammenoudi, and Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis In Vivo Functional Specificity and Homeostasis of Drosophila 14-3-3 Proteins Genetics 2007 177: 239–253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Tomoko Yamada-Inagawa, Amar J. S. Klar, and Jacob Z. Dalgaard Schizosaccharomyces pombe Switches Mating Type by the Synthesis-Dependent Strand-Annealing Mechanism Genetics 2007 177: 255–265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Janet K. Jang, Taslima Rahman, Vanessa S. Kober, Jeffry Cesario, and Kim S. McKim Misregulation of the Kinesin-like Protein Subito Induces Meiotic Spindle Formation in the Absence of Chromosomes and Centrosomes Genetics 2007 177: 267–280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

M. Evangelina Pablo-Hernando, Yolanda Arnaiz-Pita, Hideki Nakanishi, Dean Dawson, Francisco del Rey, Aaron M. Neiman, and Carlos R. Vázquez de Aldana Cdc15 Is Required for Spore Morphogenesis Independently of Cdc14 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 281–293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Development and behavioral genetics

Upendra Nongthomba, Maqsood Ansari, Divesh Thimmaiya, Meg Stark, and John Sparrow Aberrant Splicing of an Alternative Exon in the Drosophila Troponin-T Gene Affects Flight Muscle Development Genetics 2007 177: 295–306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amy E. Kiernan, Renhua Li, Norman L. Hawes, Gary A. Churchill, and Thomas Gridley Genetic Background Modifies Inner Ear and Eye Phenotypes of Jag1 Heterozygous Mice Genetics 2007 177: 307–311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amy S. Rawls, Sarah A. Schultz, Robi D. Mitra, and Tanya Wolff Bedraggled, a Putative Transporter, Influences the Tissue Polarity Complex During the R3/R4 Fate Decision in the Drosophila Eye Genetics 2007 177: 313–328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Eva Dolezelova, David Dolezel, and Jeffrey C. Hall Rhythm Defects Caused by Newly Engineered Null Mutations in Drosophila's cryptochrome Gene Genetics 2007 177: 329–345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Loukia Meligkotsidou and Paul Fearnhead Postprocessing of Genealogical Trees Genetics 2007 177: 347–358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos Díaz-Castillo and Kent G. Golic Evolution of Gene Sequence in Response to Chromosomal Location Genetics 2007 177: 359–374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jitka Zluvova, Sevdalin Georgiev, Bohuslav Janousek, Deborah Charlesworth, Boris Vyskot, and Ioan Negrutiu Early Events in the Evolution of the Silene latifolia Y Chromosome: Male Specialization and Recombination Arrest Genetics 2007 177: 375–386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Hua Chen, Richard E. Green, Svante Pääbo, and Montgomery Slatkin The Joint Allele-Frequency Spectrum in Closely Related Species Genetics 2007 177: 387–398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Loukia N. Lili, Nicholas F. Britton, and Edward J. Feil The Persistence of Parasitic Plasmids Genetics 2007 177: 399–405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

John M. Eppley, Gene W. Tyson, Wayne M. Getz, and Jillian F. Banfield Genetic Exchange Across a Species Boundary in the Archaeal Genus Ferroplasma Genetics 2007 177: 407–416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Elizabeth G. Pringle, Simon W. Baxter, Claire L. Webster, Alexie Papanicolaou, Siu F. Lee, and Chris D. Jiggins Synteny and Chromosome Evolution in the Lepidoptera: Evidence From Mapping in Heliconius melpomene Genetics 2007 177: 417–426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Paul Fearnhead On the Choice of Genetic Distance in Spatial-Genetic Studies Genetics 2007 177: 427–434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luzie U. Wingen, James K. M. Brown, and Michael W. Shaw The Population Genetic Structure of Clonal Organisms Generated by Exponentially Bounded and Fat-Tailed Dispersal Genetics 2007 177: 435–448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joshua T. Witten, Christina T. L. Chen, and Barak A. Cohen Complex Genetic Changes in Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Derived by Selection in the Laboratory Genetics 2007 177: 449–456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Judith M. Kolkman, Simon T. Berry, Alberto J. Leon, Mary B. Slabaugh, Shunxue Tang, Wenxiang Gao, David K. Shintani, John M. Burke, and Steven J. Knapp Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Linkage Disequilibrium in Sunflower Genetics 2007 177: 457–468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Stephan Hutter, Haipeng Li, Steffen Beisswanger, David De Lorenzo, and Wolfgang Stephan Distinctly Different Sex Ratios in African and European Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Inferred From Chromosomewide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data Genetics 2007 177: 469–480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jay F. Storz, Monica Baze, Jessica L. Waite, Federico G. Hoffmann, Juan C. Opazo, and Jack P. Hayes Complex Signatures of Selection and Gene Conversion in the Duplicated Globin Genes of House Mice Genetics 2007 177: 481–500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jorge I. Mena-Ali and Andrew G. Stephenson Segregation Analyses of Partial Self-Incompatibility in Self and Cross Progeny of Solanum carolinense Reveal a Leaky S-Allele Genetics 2007 177: 501–510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Montserrat Papaceit, Victoria Ávila, Montserrat Aguadé, and Aurora García-Dorado The Dynamics of the roo Transposable Element In Mutation-Accumulation Lines and Segregating Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2007 177: 511–522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics of complex traits

Yinglong Cao, Xinhua Ding, Meng Cai, Jing Zhao, Yongjun Lin, Xianghua Li, Caiguo Xu, and Shiping Wang The Expression Pattern of a Rice Disease Resistance Gene Xa3/Xa26 Is Differentially Regulated by the Genetic Backgrounds and Developmental Stages That Influence Its Function Genetics 2007 177: 523–533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Leif Skøt, Jan Humphreys, Mervyn O. Humphreys, Danny Thorogood, Joe Gallagher, Ruth Sanderson, Ian P. Armstead, and Ian D. Thomas Association of Candidate Genes With Flowering Time and Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Content in Lolium perenne (L.) Genetics 2007 177: 535–547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

W. Jason Kennington, Ary A. Hoffmann, and Linda Partridge Mapping Regions Within Cosmopolitan Inversion In(3R)Payne Associated With Natural Variation in Body Size in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2007 177: 549–556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philip Youderian and Patricia L. Hartzell Triple Mutants Uncover Three New Genes Required for Social Motility in Myxococcus xanthus Genetics 2007 177: 557–566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shengqiang Zhong and Jean-Luc Jannink Using Quantitative Trait Loci Results to Discriminate Among Crosses on the Basis of Their Progeny Mean and Variance Genetics 2007 177: 567–576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yurii S. Aulchenko, Dirk-Jan de Koning, and Chris Haley Genomewide Rapid Association Using Mixed Model and Regression: A Fast and Simple Method For Genomewide Pedigree-Based Quantitative Trait Loci Association Analysis Genetics 2007 177: 577–585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Rose M. Reynolds, Sara Temiyasathit, Melissa M. Reedy, Elizabeth A. Ruedi, Jenny M. Drnevich, Jeff Leips, and Kimberly A. Hughes Age Specificity of Inbreeding Load in Drosophila melanogaster and Implications For the Evolution of Late-Life Mortality Plateaus Genetics 2007 177: 587–595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genome and systems biology

Julie King, Ian P. Armstead, S. Iain Donnison, Luned A. Roberts, John A. Harper, Kirsten Skøt, Kieran Elborough, and Ian P. King Comparative Analyses Between Lolium/Festuca Introgression Lines and Rice Reveal the Major Fraction of Functionally Annotated Gene Models Is Located in Recombination-Poor/Very Recombination-Poor Regions of the Genome Genetics 2007 177: 597–606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jeramiah J. Smith and S. Randal Voss Bird and Mammal Sex-Chromosome Orthologs Map to the Same Autosomal Region in a Salamander (Ambystoma) Genetics 2007 177: 607–613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Edward Ryder, Michael Ashburner, Rosa Bautista-Llacer, Jenny Drummond, Jane Webster, Glynnis Johnson, Terri Morley, Yuk Sang Chan, Fiona Blows, Darin Coulson, Gunter Reuter, Heiko Baisch, Christian Apelt, Andreas Kauk, Thomas Rudolph, Maria Kube, Melanie Klimm, Claudia Nickel, Janos Szidonya, Peter Maróy, Margit Pal, Åsa Rasmuson-Lestander, Karin Ekström, Hugo Stocker, Christoph Hugentobler, Ernst Hafen, David Gubb, Gert Pflugfelder, Christian Dorner, Bernard Mechler, Heide Schenkel, Joachim Marhold, Florenci Serras, Montserrat Corominas, Adrià Punset, John Roote, and Steven Russell The DrosDel Deletion Collection: A Drosophila Genomewide Chromosomal Deficiency Resource Genetics 2007 177: 615–629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Samin A. Sajan, Mark E. Warchol, and Michael Lovett Toward a Systems Biology of Mouse Inner Ear Organogenesis: Gene Expression Pathways, Patterns and Network Analysis Genetics 2007 177: 631–653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

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Cellular genetics

István Aladzsity, Márton L. Tóth, Tímea Sigmond, Emese Szabó, Bertalan Bicsák, János Barna, Ágnes Regos, László Orosz, Attila L. Kovács, and Tibor Vellai Autophagy Genes unc-51 and bec-1 Are Required for Normal Cell Size in Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics 2007 177: 655–660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Development and behavioral genetics

Victor L. Jensen, Patrice S. Albert, and Donald L. Riddle Caenorhabditis elegans SDF-9 Enhances Insulin/Insulin-Like Signaling Through Interaction With DAF-2 Genetics 2007 177: 661–666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Jarrod D. Hadfield and Alastair J. Wilson Multilevel Selection 3: Modeling the Effects of Interacting Individuals as a Function of Group Size Genetics 2007 177: 667–668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics of complex traits

Zaixiang Tang, Xuefeng Wang, Zhiqiu Hu, Zefeng Yang, and Chenwu Xu Genetic Dissection of Cytonuclear Epistasis in Line Crosses Genetics 2007 177: 669–672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

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