Issue Highlights

Perspectives

Investigations

Gene expression

Khalil Kashkush and Vadim Khasdan Large-Scale Survey of Cytosine Methylation of Retrotransposons and the Impact of Readout Transcription From Long Terminal Repeats on Expression of Adjacent Rice Genes Genetics 2007 177: 1975–1985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement to Kashkush and Khasdan, 2007]

Yan Zhuang and Keith L. Adams Extensive Allelic Variation in Gene Expression in Populus F1 Hybrids Genetics 2007 177: 1987–1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Michael S. Chae, Cheryl E. Nargang, Ian A. Cleary, Colin C. Lin, Andrea T. Todd, and Frank E. Nargang Two Zinc-Cluster Transcription Factors Control Induction of Alternative Oxidase in Neurospora crassa Genetics 2007 177: 1997–2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Lisa Laprade, David Rose, and Fred Winston Characterization of New Spt3 and TATA-Binding Protein Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Spt3–TBP Allele-Specific Interactions and Bypass of Spt8 Genetics 2007 177: 2007–2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cellular genetics

Michelle A. Mondoux, Jillian G. Scaife, and Virginia A. Zakian Differential Nuclear Localization Does Not Determine the Silencing Status of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Telomeres Genetics 2007 177: 2019–2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akitsugu Sato, Kazuto Nakada, Hiroshi Shitara, Atsuko Kasahara, Hiromichi Yonekawa, and Jun-Ichi Hayashi Deletion-Mutant mtDNA Increases in Somatic Tissues but Decreases in Female Germ Cells With Age Genetics 2007 177: 2031–2037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Developmental and behavioral genetics

Min-Ho Lee, Mitsue Ohmachi, Swathi Arur, Sudhir Nayak, Ross Francis, Diane Church, Eric Lambie, and Tim Schedl Multiple Functions and Dynamic Activation of MPK-1 Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans Germline Development Genetics 2007 177: 2039–2062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Wen Yang, Jingjing Li, and Siegfried Hekimi A Measurable Increase in Oxidative Damage Due to Reduction in Superoxide Detoxification Fails to Shorten the Life Span of Long-Lived Mitochondrial Mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics 2007 177: 2063–2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Keita Tanaka, Yusuke Takehana, Kiyoshi Naruse, Satoshi Hamaguchi, and Mitsuru Sakaizumi Evidence for Different Origins of Sex Chromosomes in Closely Related Oryzias Fishes: Substitution of the Master Sex-Determining Gene Genetics 2007 177: 2075–2081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

J. Michael Macpherson, Guy Sella, Jerel C. Davis, and Dmitri A. Petrov Genomewide Spatial Correspondence Between Nonsynonymous Divergence and Neutral Polymorphism Reveals Extensive Adaptation in Drosophila Genetics 2007 177: 2083–2099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Anahid E. Powell, Matthew L. Nicotra, Maria A. Moreno, Fadi G. Lakkis, Stephen L. Dellaporta, and Leo W. Buss Differential Effect of Allorecognition Loci on Phenotype in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) Genetics 2007 177: 2101–2107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Kangyu Zhang and Noah A. Rosenberg On the Genealogy of a Duplicated Microsatellite Genetics 2007 177: 2109–2122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stéphane De Mita, Joëlle Ronfort, Heather I. McKhann, Charles Poncet, Redouane El Malki, and Thomas Bataillon Investigation of the Demographic and Selective Forces Shaping the Nucleotide Diversity of Genes Involved in Nod Factor Signaling in Medicago truncatula Genetics 2007 177: 2123–2133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Daniel Pinkel Analytical Description of Mutational Effects in Competing Asexual Populations Genetics 2007 177: 2135–2149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Joanna L. Davies, Frantisek Simancík, Rune Lyngsø, Thomas Mailund, and Jotun Hein On Recombination-Induced Multiple and Simultaneous Coalescent Events Genetics 2007 177: 2151–2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cristina Andreescu, Santiago Avendano, Stewart R. Brown, Abebe Hassen, Susan J. Lamont, and Jack C. M. Dekkers Linkage Disequilibrium in Related Breeding Lines of Chickens Genetics 2007 177: 2161–2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

David Wheeler and Ed Newbigin Expression of 10 S-Class SLF-like Genes in Nicotiana alata Pollen and Its Implications for Understanding the Pollen Factor of the S Locus Genetics 2007 177: 2171–2180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Max Shpak Selection Against Demographic Stochasticity in Age-Structured Populations Genetics 2007 177: 2181–2194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Garrigan, Sarah B. Kingan, Maya M. Pilkington, Jason A. Wilder, Murray P. Cox, Himla Soodyall, Beverly Strassmann, Giovanni Destro-Bisol, Peter de Knijff, Andrea Novelletto, Jonathan Friedlaender, and Michael F. Hammer Inferring Human Population Sizes, Divergence Times and Rates of Gene Flow From Mitochondrial, X and Y Chromosome Resequencing Data Genetics 2007 177: 2195–2207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Hiroshi Haeno, Yoh Iwasa, and Franziska Michor The Evolution of Two Mutations During Clonal Expansion Genetics 2007 177: 2209–2221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kristie A. Mather, Ana L. Caicedo, Nicholas R. Polato, Kenneth M. Olsen, Susan McCouch, and Michael D. Purugganan The Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genetics 2007 177: 2223–2232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Bonnie J. Bolkan, Ronald Booker, Michael L. Goldberg, and Daniel A. Barbash Developmental and Cell Cycle Progression Defects in Drosophila Hybrid Males Genetics 2007 177: 2233–2241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. H. H. Stevens, M. Sanchez, J. Lee, and S. E. Finkel Diversification Rates Increase With Population Size and Resource Concentration in an Unstructured Habitat Genetics 2007 177: 2243–2250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter D. Keightley and Adam Eyre-Walker Joint Inference of the Distribution of Fitness Effects of Deleterious Mutations and Population Demography Based on Nucleotide Polymorphism Frequencies Genetics 2007 177: 2251–2261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Runchun Jing, Richard Johnson, Andrea Seres, Gyorgy Kiss, Mike J. Ambrose, Maggie R. Knox, T. H. Noel Ellis, and Andrew J. Flavell Gene-Based Sequence Diversity Analysis of Field Pea (Pisum) Genetics 2007 177: 2263–2275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Tovah Salcedo, Armando Geraldes, and Michael W. Nachman Nucleotide Variation in Wild and Inbred Mice Genetics 2007 177: 2277–2291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Charles Hall and Fred S. Dietrich The Reacquisition of Biotin Prototrophy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Involved Horizontal Gene Transfer, Gene Duplication and Gene Clustering Genetics 2007 177: 2293–2307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genetics of complex traits

Jefferey Dole and David F. Weber Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Recombination Using Recombinant Inbred Lines Genetics 2007 177: 2309–2319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gaëtan Burgio, Marek Szatanik, Jean-Louis Guénet, Maria-Rosa Arnau, Jean-Jacques Panthier, and Xavier Montagutelli Interspecific Recombinant Congenic Strains Between C57BL/6 and Mice of the Mus spretus Species: A Powerful Tool to Dissect Genetic Control of Complex Traits Genetics 2007 177: 2321–2333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Tae-Sung Kim, Benjamin A. Logsdon, Sohyun Park, Jason G. Mezey, and Kwangwon Lee Quantitative Trait Loci for the Circadian Clock in Neurospora crassa Genetics 2007 177: 2335–2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Allison Weber, Richard M. Clark, Laura Vaughn, José de Jesús Sánchez-Gonzalez, Jianming Yu, Brian S. Yandell, Peter Bradbury, and John Doebley Major Regulatory Genes in Maize Contribute to Standing Variation in Teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) Genetics 2007 177: 2349–2359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Mikko J. Sillanpää and Fabian Hoti Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci From a Single-Tail Sample of the Phenotype Distribution Including Survival Data Genetics 2007 177: 2361–2377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tetsuaki Kimura, Atsuko Shimada, Noriyoshi Sakai, Hiroshi Mitani, Kiyoshi Naruse, Hiroyuki Takeda, Hidetoshi Inoko, Gen Tamiya, and Minori Shinya Genetic Analysis of Craniofacial Traits in the Medaka Genetics 2007 177: 2379–2388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

D. Habier, R. L. Fernando, and J. C. M. Dekkers The Impact of Genetic Relationship Information on Genome-Assisted Breeding Values Genetics 2007 177: 2389–2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roderick D. Ball Quantifying Evidence for Candidate Gene Polymorphisms: Bayesian Analysis Combining Sequence-Specific and Quantitative Trait Loci Colocation Information Genetics 2007 177: 2399–2416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. M. Heifetz, J. E. Fulton, N. P. O'Sullivan, J. A. Arthur, J. Wang, J. C. M. Dekkers, and M. Soller Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Susceptibility to Marek's Disease Virus in a Backcross Population of Layer Chickens Genetics 2007 177: 2417–2431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Y. Long, J. Shi, D. Qiu, R. Li, C. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Hou, J. Zhao, L. Shi, Beom-Seok Park, S. R. Choi, Y. P. Lim, and J. Meng Flowering Time Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis of Oilseed Brassica in Multiple Environments and Genomewide Alignment with Arabidopsis Genetics 2007 177: 2433–2444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genome and systems biology

Jennifer K. Jeffress, Scott L. Page, Suzanne M. Royer, Elizabeth D. Belden, Justin P. Blumenstiel, Lorinda K. Anderson, and R. Scott Hawley The Formation of the Central Element of the Synaptonemal Complex May Occur by Multiple Mechanisms: The Roles of the N- and C-Terminal Domains of the Drosophila C(3)G Protein in Mediating Synapsis and Recombination Genetics 2007 177: 2445–2456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Carmen Bouza, Miguel Hermida, Belén G. Pardo, Carlos Fernández, Gloria G. Fortes, Jaime Castro, Laura Sánchez, Pablo Presa, Montse Pérez, Andrés Sanjuán, Alejandro de Carlos, José Antonio Álvarez-Dios, Susana Ezcurra, Rosa M. Cal, Francesc Piferrer, and Paulino Martínez A Microsatellite Genetic Map of the Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) Genetics 2007 177: 2457–2467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Maire K. Kelly, Peter A. Jauert, Linnea E. Jensen, Christine L. Chan, Chinh S. Truong, and David T. Kirkpatrick Zinc Regulates the Stability of Repetitive Minisatellite DNA Tracts During Stationary Phase Genetics 2007 177: 2469–2479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Cuixia Chen, Qingyi Yu, Shaobin Hou, Yingjun Li, Moriah Eustice, Rachel L. Skelton, Olivia Veatch, Rachel E. Herdes, Lauren Diebold, Jimmy Saw, Yun Feng, Wubin Qian, Lee Bynum, Lei Wang, Paul H. Moore, Robert E. Paull, Maqsudul Alam, and Ray Ming Construction of a Sequence-Tagged High-Density Genetic Map of Papaya for Comparative Structural and Evolutionary Genomics in Brassicales Genetics 2007 177: 2481–2491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Mark W. Kankel, Gregory D. Hurlbut, Geeta Upadhyay, Vijay Yajnik, Barry Yedvobnick, and Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas Investigating the Genetic Circuitry of Mastermind in Drosophila, a Notch Signal Effector Genetics 2007 177: 2493–2505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Cushla J. Metcalfe, Kira V. Bulazel, Gianni C. Ferreri, Elizabeth Schroeder-Reiter, Gerhard Wanner, Willem Rens, Craig Obergfell, Mark D. B. Eldridge, and Rachel J. O'Neill Genomic Instability Within Centromeres of Interspecific Marsupial Hybrids Genetics 2007 177: 2507–2517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Genome integrity and transmission

Adam G. Evertts, Christopher Plymire, Nancy L. Craig, and Henry L. Levin The Hermes Transposon of Musca domestica Is an Efficient Tool for the Mutagenesis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Genetics 2007 177: 2519–2523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Maja Tarailo, Sanja Tarailo, and Ann M. Rose Synthetic Lethal Interactions Identify Phenotypic "Interologs" of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Components Genetics 2007 177: 2525–2530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Daniel J. Fairbanks and G. Bruce Schaalje The Tetrad-Pollen Model Fails to Explain the Bias in Mendel's Pea (Pisum sativum) Experiments Genetics 2007 177: 2531–2534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

James Cockram, Ian J. Mackay, and Donal M. O'Sullivan The Role of Double-Stranded Break Repair in the Creation of Phenotypic Diversity at Cereal VRN1 Loci Genetics 2007 177: 2535–2539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gene expression

Michelle A. Mondoux and Virginia A. Zakian Subtelomeric Elements Influence But Do Not Determine Silencing Levels at Saccharomyces cerevisiae Telomeres Genetics 2007 177: 2541–2546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Developmental and behavioral genetics

Jong Cheol Kim, Hélène Laparra, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, John P. Mottinger, Maria A. Moreno, and Stephen L. Dellaporta Cell Cycle Arrest of Stamen Initials in Maize Sex Determination Genetics 2007 177: 2547–2551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

James K. Biedler, Hongguang Shao, and Zhijian Tu Evolution and Horizontal Transfer of a DD37E DNA Transposon in Mosquitoes Genetics 2007 177: 2553–2558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

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