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Investigations

Gene expression

Meng Chen, Misook Ha, Erika Lackey, Jianlin Wang, and Z. Jeffrey Chen RNAi of met1 Reduces DNA Methylation and Induces Genome-Specific Changes in Gene Expression and Centromeric Small RNA Accumulation in Arabidopsis Allopolyploids Genetics 2008 178: 1845–1858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Michael L. Robbins, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Robert Meeley, and Surinder Chopra A Mutator Transposon Insertion Is Associated With Ectopic Expression of a Tandemly Repeated Multicopy Myb Gene pericarp color1 of Maize Genetics 2008 178: 1859–1874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Wang Han, Prema Sundaram, Himanshu Kenjale, James Grantham, and Lisa Timmons The Caenorhabditis elegans rsd-2 and rsd-6 Genes Are Required for Chromosome Functions During Exposure to Unfavorable Environments Genetics 2008 178: 1875–1893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Cellular genetics

Holly LaFerriere, Douglas J. Guarnieri, Divya Sitaraman, Soeren Diegelmann, Ulrike Heberlein, and Troy Zars Genetic Dissociation of Ethanol Sensitivity and Memory Formation in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2008 178: 1895–1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel J. Wright, Ewen Munro, Mark Corbett, Adam J. Bentley, Nigel J. Fullwood, Stephen Murray, and Clive Price The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Actin Cytoskeletal Component Bsp1p Has an Auxiliary Role in Actomyosin Ring Function and in the Maintenance of Bud-Neck Structure Genetics 2008 178: 1903–1914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Sybenga, H. Verhaar, and D. G. A. Botje Epigenetic Control May Explain Large Within-Plant Heterogeneity of Meiotic Behavior in Telocentric Trisomics of Rye Genetics 2008 178: 1915–1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manal A. Alaamery and Charles S. Hoffman Schizosaccharomyces pombe Hsp90/Git10 Is Required for Glucose/cAMP Signaling Genetics 2008 178: 1927–1936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anton Svetlanov, Frederic Baudat, Paula E. Cohen, and Bernard de Massy Distinct Functions of MLH3 at Recombination Hot Spots in the Mouse Genetics 2008 178: 1937–1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Developmental and behavioral genetics

Min Zhao, Przemyslaw Szafranski, Chad Albert Hall, and Scott Goode Basolateral Junctions Utilize Warts Signaling to Control Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Proliferation Crucial For Migration and Invasion of Drosophila Ovarian Epithelial Cells Genetics 2008 178: 1947–1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Caroline Spike, Nicole Meyer, Erica Racen, April Orsborn, Jay Kirchner, Kathleen Kuznicki, Christopher Yee, Karen Bennett, and Susan Strome Genetic Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans GLH Family of P-Granule Proteins Genetics 2008 178: 1973–1987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Katherine L. Bates, Matthew Higley, and Anthea Letsou Raw Mediates Antagonism of AP-1 Activity in Drosophila Genetics 2008 178: 1989–2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Margarita E. Kaplow, Adam H. Korayem, and Tadmiri R. Venkatesh Regulation of Glia Number in Drosophila by Rap/Fzr, an Activator of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex, and Loco, an RGS Protein Genetics 2008 178: 2003–2016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jun Cui, Katharine L. Sackton, Vanessa L. Horner, Kritika E. Kumar, and Mariana F. Wolfner Wispy, the Drosophila Homolog of GLD-2, Is Required During Oogenesis and Egg Activation Genetics 2008 178: 2017–2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Erica G. Bakker, M. Brian Traw, Christopher Toomajian, Martin Kreitman, and Joy Bergelson Low Levels of Polymorphism in Genes That Control the Activation of Defense Response in Arabidopsis thaliana Genetics 2008 178: 2031–2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

R. Bergero, D. Charlesworth, D. A. Filatov, and R. C. Moore Defining Regions and Rearrangements of the Silene latifolia Y Chromosome Genetics 2008 178: 2045–2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Jeremiah W. Busch, Julia Sharma, and Daniel J. Schoen Molecular Characterization of Lal2, an SRK-Like Gene Linked to the S-Locus in the Wild Mustard Leavenworthia alabamica Genetics 2008 178: 2055–2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J.-F. Lefebvre and D. Labuda Fraction of Informative Recombinations: A Heuristic Approach to Analyze Recombination Rates Genetics 2008 178: 2069–2079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Qiang Xu, Xiaopeng Wen, and Xiuxin Deng Genomic Organization, Rapid Evolution and Meiotic Instability of Nucleotide-Binding-Site-Encoding Genes in a New Fruit Crop, "Chestnut Rose" Genetics 2008 178: 2081–2091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Asher D. Cutter, James D. Wasmuth, and Nicole L. Washington Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Caenorhabditis Preclude Ancient Origins of Selfing Genetics 2008 178: 2093–2104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Lukasz Jasnos, Katarzyna Tomala, Dorota Paczesniak, and Ryszard Korona Interactions Between Stressful Environment and Gene Deletions Alleviate the Expected Average Loss of Fitness in Yeast Genetics 2008 178: 2105–2111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Amanda L. Seyfert, Melania E. A. Cristescu, Linda Frisse, Sarah Schaack, W. Kelley Thomas, and Michael Lynch The Rate and Spectrum of Microsatellite Mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans and Daphnia pulex Genetics 2008 178: 2113–2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sharon R. Browning Estimation of Pairwise Identity by Descent From Dense Genetic Marker Data in a Population Sample of Haplotypes Genetics 2008 178: 2123–2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qiong Zhao, Anne-Céline Thuillet, Nathan K. Uhlmann, Allison Weber, J. Antoni Rafalski, Stephen M. Allen, Scott Tingey, and John Doebley The Role of Regulatory Genes During Maize Domestication: Evidence From Nucleotide Polymorphism and Gene Expression Genetics 2008 178: 2133–2143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Sofia Zabalou, Angeliki Apostolaki, Savvas Pattas, Zoe Veneti, Charalampos Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis Livadaras, George Markakis, Terry Brissac, Hervé Merçot, and Kostas Bourtzis Multiple Rescue Factors Within a Wolbachia Strain Genetics 2008 178: 2145–2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Douda Bensasson, Magdalena Zarowiecki, Austin Burt, and Vassiliki Koufopanou Rapid Evolution of Yeast Centromeres in the Absence of Drive Genetics 2008 178: 2161–2167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Elie S. Dolgin and Brian Charlesworth The Effects of Recombination Rate on the Distribution and Abundance of Transposable Elements Genetics 2008 178: 2169–2177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Leen De Gelder, Julia J. Williams, José M. Ponciano, Masahiro Sota, and Eva M. Top Adaptive Plasmid Evolution Results in Host-Range Expansion of a Broad-Host-Range Plasmid Genetics 2008 178: 2179–2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jenny Bangham, Kang-Wook Kim, Claire L. Webster, and Francis M. Jiggins Genetic Variation Affecting Host–Parasite Interactions: Different Genes Affect Different Aspects of Sigma Virus Replication and Transmission in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2008 178: 2191–2199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics of complex traits

Paul Schliekelman Statistical Power of Expression Quantitative Trait Loci for Mapping of Complex Trait Loci in Natural Populations Genetics 2008 178: 2201–2216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Pär K. Ingvarsson, M. Victoria Garcia, Virginia Luquez, David Hall, and Stefan Jansson Nucleotide Polymorphism and Phenotypic Associations Within and Around the phytochrome B2 Locus in European Aspen (Populus tremula, Salicaceae) Genetics 2008 178: 2217–2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Tom Druet, Sébastien Fritz, Mekki Boussaha, Slim Ben-Jemaa, François Guillaume, David Derbala, Diana Zelenika, Doris Lechner, Céline Charon, Didier Boichard, Ivo G. Gut, André Eggen, and Mathieu Gautier Fine Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Female Fertility in Dairy Cattle on BTA03 Using a Dense Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Map Genetics 2008 178: 2227–2235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jake Stout, Ethan Romero-Severson, Max O. Ruegger, and Clint Chapple Semidominant Mutations in Reduced Epidermal Fluorescence 4 Reduce Phenylpropanoid Content in Arabidopsis Genetics 2008 178: 2237–2251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Matthieu Simon, Olivier Loudet, Stéphanie Durand, Aurélie Bérard, Dominique Brunel, François-Xavier Sennesal, Mylène Durand-Tardif, Georges Pelletier, and Christine Camilleri Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Five New Large Recombinant Inbred Line Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana Genotyped With Consensus Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers Genetics 2008 178: 2253–2264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

A. E. Melchinger, H. F. Utz, and C. C. Schön Genetic Expectations of Quantitative Trait Loci Main and Interaction Effects Obtained With the Triple Testcross Design and Their Relevance for the Analysis of Heterosis Genetics 2008 178: 2265–2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jane P. Kenney-Hunt, Bing Wang, Elizabeth A. Norgard, Gloria Fawcett, Doug Falk, L. Susan Pletscher, Joseph P. Jarvis, Charles Roseman, Jason Wolf, and James M. Cheverud Pleiotropic Patterns of Quantitative Trait Loci for 70 Murine Skeletal Traits Genetics 2008 178: 2275–2288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Daniel Gianola and Johannes B. C. H. M. van Kaam Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces Regression Methods for Genomic Assisted Prediction of Quantitative Traits Genetics 2008 178: 2289–2303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oscar González-Recio, Daniel Gianola, Nanye Long, Kent A. Weigel, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, and Santiago Avendaño Nonparametric Methods for Incorporating Genomic Information Into Genetic Evaluations: An Application to Mortality in Broilers Genetics 2008 178: 2305–2313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lars Rönnegård, Francois Besnier, and Örjan Carlborg An Improved Method for Quantitative Trait Loci Detection and Identification of Within-Line Segregation in F2 Intercross Designs Genetics 2008 178: 2315–2326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hossein Jafary, Giorgia Albertazzi, Thierry C. Marcel, and Rients E. Niks High Diversity of Genes for Nonhost Resistance of Barley to Heterologous Rust Fungi Genetics 2008 178: 2327–2339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Susan T. Harbison and Amita Sehgal Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics 2008 178: 2341–2360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Genome and systems biology

Chris Baskerville, Marisa Segal, and Steven I. Reed The Protease Activity of Yeast Separase (Esp1) Is Required for Anaphase Spindle Elongation Independently of Its Role In Cleavage of Cohesin Genetics 2008 178: 2361–2372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Philippe Deschamps, Hervé Moreau, Alexandra Z. Worden, David Dauvillée, and Steven G. Ball Early Gene Duplication Within Chloroplastida and Its Correspondence With Relocation of Starch Metabolism to Chloroplasts Genetics 2008 178: 2373–2387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Michael Klutstein, Hezi Shaked, Amir Sherman, Naomi Avivi-Ragolsky, Efrat Shema, Drora Zenvirth, Avraham A. Levy, and Giora Simchen Functional Conservation of the Yeast and Arabidopsis RAD54-Like Genes Genetics 2008 178: 2389–2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Guillaume Octobre, Alexander Lorenz, Josef Loidl, and Jürg Kohli The Rad52 Homologs Rad22 and Rti1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Are Not Essential for Meiotic Interhomolog Recombination, but Are Required for Meiotic Intrachromosomal Recombination and Mating-Type-Related DNA Repair Genetics 2008 178: 2399–2412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

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Developmental and behavioral genetics

Yuzhong Cheng and Howard A. Nash Visual Mutations Reveal Opposing Effects of Illumination on Arousal in Drosophila Genetics 2008 178: 2413–2416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Population and evolutionary genetics

Badri Padhukasahasram, Paul Marjoram, Jeffrey D. Wall, Carlos D. Bustamante, and Magnus Nordborg Exploring Population Genetic Models With Recombination Using Efficient Forward-Time Simulations Genetics 2008 178: 2417–2427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Sankar Subramanian Nearly Neutrality and the Evolution of Codon Usage Bias in Eukaryotic Genomes Genetics 2008 178: 2429–2432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Sébastien Ducrocq, Delphine Madur, Jean-Baptiste Veyrieras, Létizia Camus-Kulandaivelu, Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Thomas Presterl, Milena Ouzunova, Domenica Manicacci, and Alain Charcosset Key Impact of Vgt1 on Flowering Time Adaptation in Maize: Evidence From Association Mapping and Ecogeographical Information Genetics 2008 178: 2433–2437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

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