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Genome integrity and transmission

Eduardo Corredor, Adam J. Lukaszewski, Paula Pachón, Diana C. Allen, and Tomás Naranjo Terminal Regions of Wheat Chromosomes Select Their Pairing Partners in Meiosis Genetics 2007 177: 699–706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Alison E. Gammie, Naz Erdeniz, Julia Beaver, Barbara Devlin, Afshan Nanji, and Mark D. Rose Functional Characterization of Pathogenic Human MSH2 Missense Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics 2007 177: 707–721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Ashley B. Williams and Patricia L. Foster The Escherichia coli Histone-like Protein HU Has a Role in Stationary Phase Adaptive Mutation Genetics 2007 177: 723–735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Liza J. Conrad, Ling Bai, Kevin Ahern, Kelly Dusinberre, Daniel P. Kane, and Thomas P. Brutnell State II Dissociation Element Formation Following Activator Excision in Maize Genetics 2007 177: 737–747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gene expression

Irina Makarevitch, Robert M. Stupar, A. Leonardo Iniguez, William J. Haun, W. Brad Barbazuk, Shawn M. Kaeppler, and Nathan M. Springer Natural Variation for Alleles Under Epigenetic Control by the Maize Chromomethylase Zmet2 Genetics 2007 177: 749–760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Meng Chen and Christina Kendziorski A Statistical Framework for Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Genetics 2007 177: 761–771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Marenda A. Wilson, Stacie Meaux, and Ambro van Hoof A Genomic Screen in Yeast Reveals Novel Aspects of Nonstop mRNA Metabolism Genetics 2007 177: 773–784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cellular genetics

Sharon E. Thomas and Bruce D. McKee Meiotic Pairing and Disjunction of Mini-X Chromosomes in Drosophila Is Mediated by 240-bp rDNA Repeats and the Homolog Conjunction Proteins SNM and MNM Genetics 2007 177: 785–799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Developmental and behavioral genetics

Ryuichi Yamada, Kevin D. Floate, Markus Riegler, and Scott L. O'Neill Male Development Time Influences the Strength of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2007 177: 801–808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takao Inoue, Michael Ailion, Shirley Poon, Hannah K. Kim, James H. Thomas, and Paul W. Sternberg Genetic Analysis of Dauer Formation in Caenorhabditis briggsae Genetics 2007 177: 809–818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dustin L. Updike and Susan E. Mango Genetic Suppressors of Caenorhabditis elegans pha-4/FoxA Identify the Predicted AAA Helicase ruvb-1/RuvB Genetics 2007 177: 819–833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nahui Kim, Catherine M. Dempsey, Chih-Jen Kuan, Jim V. Zoval, Eyleen O'Rourke, Gary Ruvkun, Marc J. Madou, and Ji Y. Sze Gravity Force Transduced by the MEC-4/MEC-10 DEG/ENaC Channel Modulates DAF-16/FoxO Activity in Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics 2007 177: 835–845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hansong Deng, Dan Xia, Bin Fang, and Hong Zhang The Flightless I Homolog, fli-1, Regulates Anterior/Posterior Polarity, Asymmetric Cell Division and Ovulation During Caenorhabditis elegans Development Genetics 2007 177: 847–860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Shuichi Kitada, Toshihide Kitakado, and Hirohisa Kishino Empirical Bayes Inference of Pairwise FST and Its Distribution in the Genome Genetics 2007 177: 861–873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

John Hunt, Mark W. Blows, Felix Zajitschek, Michael D. Jennions, and Robert Brooks Reconciling Strong Stabilizing Selection with the Maintenance of Genetic Variation in a Natural Population of Black Field Crickets (Teleogryllus commodus) Genetics 2007 177: 875–880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Gay, S. Myers, and G. McVean Estimating Meiotic Gene Conversion Rates From Population Genetic Data Genetics 2007 177: 881–894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Verónica V. Lia, Viviana A. Confalonieri, and Lidia Poggio B Chromosome Polymorphism in Maize Landraces: Adaptive vs. Demographic Hypothesis of Clinal Variation Genetics 2007 177: 895–904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Sylvain Glémin Mating Systems and the Efficacy of Selection at the Molecular Level Genetics 2007 177: 905–916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Indrajit Nanda, Ingo Schlupp, Dunja K. Lamatsch, Kathrin P. Lampert, Michael Schmid, and Manfred Schartl Stable Inheritance of Host Species-Derived Microchromosomes in the Gynogenetic Fish Poecilia formosa Genetics 2007 177: 917–926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Per Erik Jorde and Nils Ryman Unbiased Estimator for Genetic Drift and Effective Population Size Genetics 2007 177: 927–935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heather Maughan, Joanna Masel, C. William Birky, Jr., and Wayne L. Nicholson The Roles of Mutation Accumulation and Selection in Loss of Sporulation in Experimental Populations of Bacillus subtilis Genetics 2007 177: 937–948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shohei Takuno, Ryo Fujimoto, Tetsu Sugimura, Keiichi Sato, Shunsuke Okamoto, Shao-Ling Zhang, and Takeshi Nishio Effects of Recombination on Hitchhiking Diversity in the Brassica Self-incompatibility Locus Complex Genetics 2007 177: 949–958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Anton P. Bussink, Dave Speijer, Johannes M. F. G. Aerts, and Rolf G. Boot Evolution of Mammalian Chitinase(-Like) Members of Family 18 Glycosyl Hydrolases Genetics 2007 177: 959–970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

R. Jonas Söderberg and Otto G. Berg Mutational Interference and the Progression of Muller's Ratchet When Mutations Have a Broad Range of Deleterious Effects Genetics 2007 177: 971–986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin R. Thornton The Neutral Coalescent Process for Recent Gene Duplications and Copy-Number Variants Genetics 2007 177: 987–1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael M. Desai, Daniel Weissman, and Marcus W. Feldman Evolution Can Favor Antagonistic Epistasis Genetics 2007 177: 1001–1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Roberge, H. Guderley, and L. Bernatchez Genomewide Identification of Genes Under Directional Selection: Gene Transcription QST Scan in Diverging Atlantic Salmon Subpopulations Genetics 2007 177: 1011–1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Bradley J. Wagstaff and David J. Begun Adaptive Evolution of Recently Duplicated Accessory Gland Protein Genes in Desert Drosophila Genetics 2007 177: 1023–1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hitoshi Araki, Hideki Innan, Martin Kreitman, and Joy Bergelson Molecular Evolution of Pathogenicity-Island Genes in Pseudomonas viridiflava Genetics 2007 177: 1031–1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Garrick T. Skalski Joint Estimation of Migration Rate and Effective Population Size Using the Island Model Genetics 2007 177: 1043–1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Mathieu Gautier, Thomas Faraut, Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi, Vincent Navratil, Mario Foglio, Cécile Grohs, Anne Boland, Jean-Guillaume Garnier, Didier Boichard, G. Mark Lathrop, Ivo G. Gut, and André Eggen Genetic and Haplotypic Structure in 14 European and African Cattle Breeds Genetics 2007 177: 1059–1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jeffrey D. Jensen, Vanessa L. Bauer DuMont, Adeline B. Ashmore, Angela Gutierrez, and Charles F. Aquadro Patterns of Sequence Variability and Divergence at the diminutive Gene Region of Drosophila melanogaster: Complex Patterns Suggest an Ancestral Selective Sweep Genetics 2007 177: 1071–1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Brian S. Ort and Grant H. Pogson Molecular Population Genetics of the Male and Female Mitochondrial DNA Molecules of the California Sea Mussel, Mytilus californianus Genetics 2007 177: 1087–1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics of complex traits

Cornelis A. Albers, Tom Heskes, and Hilbert J. Kappen Haplotype Inference in General Pedigrees Using the Cluster Variation Method Genetics 2007 177: 1101–1116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amanda Jane Chamberlain, Helen Clare McPartlan, and Michael Edward Goddard The Number of Loci That Affect Milk Production Traits in Dairy Cattle Genetics 2007 177: 1117–1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu, Rabia Khan, Serge Mostowy, Line Larivière, Rosalie Wilkinson, Noémie Riendeau, Marcel Behr, and Danielle Malo Molecular Genetic Analysis of Two Loci (Ity2 and Ity3) Involved in the Host Response to Infection With Salmonella Typhimurium Using Congenic Mice and Expression Profiling Genetics 2007 177: 1125–1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takuya Nakazato, Min-Kyung Jung, Elizabeth A. Housworth, Loren H. Rieseberg, and Gerald J. Gastony A Genomewide Study of Reproductive Barriers Between Allopatric Populations of a Homosporous Fern, Ceratopteris richardii Genetics 2007 177: 1141–1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jiang I. Wu, M. A. Centilli, Gabriela Vasquez, Susan Young, Jonathan Scolnick, Larissa A. Durfee, Jimmy L. Spearow, Staci D. Schwantz, Gabriela Rennebeck, and Karen Artzt tint Maps to Mouse Chromosome 6 and May Interact With a Notochordal Enhancer of Brachyury Genetics 2007 177: 1151–1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genome and systems biology

Zachary A. Lewis, Anthony L. Shiver, Nicholas Stiffler, Michael R. Miller, Eric A. Johnson, and Eric U. Selker High-Density Detection of Restriction-Site-Associated DNA Markers for Rapid Mapping of Mutated Loci in Neurospora Genetics 2007 177: 1163–1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

James O. Allen, Christiane M. Fauron, Patrick Minx, Leah Roark, Swetha Oddiraju, Guan Ning Lin, Louis Meyer, Hui Sun, Kyung Kim, Chunyan Wang, Feiyu Du, Dong Xu, Michael Gibson, Jill Cifrese, Sandra W. Clifton, and Kathleen J. Newton Comparisons Among Two Fertile and Three Male-Sterile Mitochondrial Genomes of Maize Genetics 2007 177: 1173–1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Darrin P. Reid, Cheryl-Anne Smith, Melissa Rommens, Brian Blanchard, Debbie Martin-Robichaud, and Michael Reith A Genetic Linkage Map of Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) Genetics 2007 177: 1193–1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Thomas Wicker, Nabila Yahiaoui, and Beat Keller Contrasting Rates of Evolution in Pm3 Loci From Three Wheat Species and Rice Genetics 2007 177: 1207–1216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Genome integrity and transmission

Jianxin Ma, Rod A. Wing, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, and Scott A. Jackson Evolutionary History and Positional Shift of a Rice Centromere Genetics 2007 177: 1217–1220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Gene expression

Hongliu Sun, Brian L. Nelms, Sama F. Sleiman, Helen M. Chamberlin, and Wendy Hanna-Rose Modulation of Caenorhabditis elegans Transcription Factor Activity by HIM-8 and the Related Zinc-Finger ZIM Proteins Genetics 2007 177: 1221–1226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cellular genetics

Enrico Baruffini, Tiziana Lodi, Cristina Dallabona, and Françoise Foury A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the DNA Polymerase Gamma Gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Laboratory Strains Is Responsible for Increased Mitochondrial DNA Mutability Genetics 2007 177: 1227–1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Aya Takahashi, Kuniaki Takahashi, Ryu Ueda, and Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu Natural Variation of ebony Gene Controlling Thoracic Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2007 177: 1233–1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Graham Muir and Dmitry Filatov A Selective Sweep in the Chloroplast DNA of Dioecious Silene (Section Elisanthe) Genetics 2007 177: 1239–1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sabin Lessard An Exact Sampling Formula for the Wright–Fisher Model and a Solution to a Conjecture About the Finite-Island Model Genetics 2007 177: 1249–1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics of complex traits

Shizhong Xu Derivation of the Shrinkage Estimates of Quantitative Trait Locus Effects Genetics 2007 177: 1255–1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gurjeet Singh and Amar J. S. Klar A Hypothesis for How Chromosome 11 Translocations Cause Psychiatric Disorders Genetics 2007 177: 1259–1262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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