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Genetics 2008 179: 0
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Genetics 2008 179: 0
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A. W. F. Edwards
G. H. Hardy (1908) and Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium
Genetics 2008 179: 1143–1150
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Kate M. Breakey, Daniel Levin, Ian Miller, and Kathryn E. Hentges
The Use of Scenario-Based-Learning Interactive Software to Create Custom Virtual Laboratory Scenarios for Teaching Genetics
Genetics 2008 179: 1151–1155
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Gareth A. Cromie, Randy W. Hyppa, and Gerald R. Smith
The Fission Yeast BLM Homolog Rqh1 Promotes Meiotic Recombination
Genetics 2008 179: 1157–1167
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Peng Zhang, Wanlong Li, Bernd Friebe, and Bikram S. Gill
The Origin of a "Zebra" Chromosome in Wheat Suggests Nonhomologous Recombination as a Novel Mechanism for New Chromosome Evolution and Step Changes in Chromosome Number
Genetics 2008 179: 1169–1177
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Marguerite P. Andersen, Zara W. Nelson, Elizabeth D. Hetrick, and Daniel E. Gottschling
A Genetic Screen for Increased Loss of Heterozygosity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1179–1195
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Francisco Conde and Pedro A. San-Segundo
Role of Dot1 in the Response to Alkylating DNA Damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Regulation of DNA Damage Tolerance by the Error-Prone Polymerases Pol/Rev1
Genetics 2008 179: 1197–1210
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Dal-Hoe Koo, Sung-Hwan Jo, Jae-Wook Bang, Hye-Mi Park, Sanghyeob Lee, and Doil Choi
Integration of Cytogenetic and Genetic Linkage Maps Unveils the Physical Architecture of Tomato Chromosome 2
Genetics 2008 179: 1211–1220
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Arnold B. Barton, Michael R. Pekosz, Rohini S. Kurvathi, and David B. Kaback
Meiotic Recombination at the Ends of Chromosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1221–1235
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Qiaojuan Shi, Adam R. Parks, Benjamin D. Potter, Ilan J. Safir, Yun Luo, Brian M. Forster, and Joseph E. Peters
DNA Damage Differentially Activates Regional Chromosomal Loci for Tn7 Transposition in Escherichia coli
Genetics 2008 179: 1237–1250
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Caroline Welz-Voegele and Sue Jinks-Robertson
Sequence Divergence Impedes Crossover More Than Noncrossover Events During Mitotic Gap Repair in Yeast
Genetics 2008 179: 1251–1262
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Emily J. Kuhn-Parnell, Cecilia Helou, David J. Marion, Brian L. Gilmore, Timothy J. Parnell, Marc S. Wold, and Pamela K. Geyer
Investigation of the Properties of Non-gypsy Suppressor of Hairy-wing-Binding Sites
Genetics 2008 179: 1263–1273
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Nadine Hoecker, Barbara Keller, Nils Muthreich, Didier Chollet, Patrick Descombes, Hans-Peter Piepho, and Frank Hochholdinger
Comparison of Maize (Zea mays L.) F₁-Hybrid and Parental Inbred Line Primary Root Transcriptomes Suggests Organ-Specific Patterns of Nonadditive Gene Expression and Conserved Expression Trends
Genetics 2008 179: 1275–1283
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Christopher P. Smith and Peter E. Thorsness
The Molecular Basis for Relative Physiological Functionality of the ADP/ATP Carrier Isoforms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1285–1299
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Deepak Sharma and Daniel C. Masison
Functionally Redundant Isoforms of a Yeast Hsp70 Chaperone Subfamily Have Different Antiprion Effects
Genetics 2008 179: 1301–1311
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Sabine Maerz, Carmit Ziv, Nico Vogt, Kerstin Helmstaedt, Nourit Cohen, Rena Gorovits, Oded Yarden, and Stephan Seiler
The Nuclear Dbf2-Related Kinase COT1 and the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MAK1 and MAK2 Genetically Interact to Regulate Filamentous Growth, Hyphal Fusion and Sexual Development in Neurospora crassa
Genetics 2008 179: 1313–1325
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Stephanie M. Rollmann, Liesbeth Zwarts, Alexis C. Edwards, Akihiko Yamamoto, Patrick Callaerts, Koenraad Norga, Trudy F. C. Mackay, and Robert R. H. Anholt
Pleiotropic Effects of Drosophila neuralized on Complex Behaviors and Brain Structure
Genetics 2008 179: 1327–1336
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Peter R. Oxley, Graham J. Thompson, and Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Four Quantitative Trait Loci That Influence Worker Sterility in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Genetics 2008 179: 1337–1343
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Jack Favor, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Angelika Neuhäuser-Klaus, Walter Pretsch, Rodica Sandulache, Simon Saule, and Irmgard Zaus
Relationship of Pax6 Activity Levels to the Extent of Eye Development in the Mouse, Mus musculus
Genetics 2008 179: 1345–1355
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Anna Y. Zinovyeva, Yuko Yamamoto, Hitoshi Sawa, and Wayne C. Forrester
Complex Network of Wnt Signaling Regulates Neuronal Migrations During Caenorhabditis elegans Development
Genetics 2008 179: 1357–1371
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Inma González, Ricardo Aparicio, and Ana Busturia
Functional Characterization of the dRYBP Gene in Drosophila
Genetics 2008 179: 1373–1388
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Manus M. Patten and David Haig
Reciprocally Imprinted Genes and the Response to Selection on One Sex
Genetics 2008 179: 1389–1394
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Lisa A. McGraw, Andrew G. Clark, and Mariana F. Wolfner
Post-mating Gene Expression Profiles of Female Drosophila melanogaster in Response to Time and to Four Male Accessory Gland Proteins
Genetics 2008 179: 1395–1408
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Guillaume Achaz
Testing for Neutrality in Samples With Sequencing Errors
Genetics 2008 179: 1409–1424
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Stuart F. McDaniel, John H. Willis, and A. Jonathan Shaw
The Genetic Basis of Developmental Abnormalities in Interpopulation Hybrids of the Moss Ceratodon purpureus
Genetics 2008 179: 1425–1435
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Leonie C. Moyle and Takuya Nakazato
Comparative Genetics of Hybrid Incompatibility: Sterility in Two Solanum Species Crosses
Genetics 2008 179: 1437–1453
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James W. Thomas, Mario Cáceres, Joshua J. Lowman, Caroline B. Morehouse, Meghan E. Short, Erin L. Baldwin, Donna L. Maney, and Christa L. Martin
The Chromosomal Polymorphism Linked to Variation in Social Behavior in the White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Is a Complex Rearrangement and Suppressor of Recombination
Genetics 2008 179: 1455–1468
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Bastiaan Star, Meredith V. Trotter, and Hamish G. Spencer
Evolution of Fitnesses in Structured Populations With Correlated Environments
Genetics 2008 179: 1469–1478
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Niclas Backström, Nikoletta Karaiskou, Erica H. Leder, Lars Gustafsson, Craig R. Primmer, Anna Qvarnström, and Hans Ellegren
A Gene-Based Genetic Linkage Map of the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) Reveals Extensive Synteny and Gene-Order Conservation During 100 Million Years of Avian Evolution
Genetics 2008 179: 1479–1495
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Desiree E. Allen and Michael Lynch
Both Costs and Benefits of Sex Correlate With Relative Frequency of Asexual Reproduction in Cyclically Parthenogenic Daphnia pulicaria Populations
Genetics 2008 179: 1497–1502
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A. P. W. de Roos, B. J. Hayes, R. J. Spelman, and M. E. Goddard
Linkage Disequilibrium and Persistence of Phase in Holstein–Friesian, Jersey and Angus Cattle
Genetics 2008 179: 1503–1512
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Doris Bachtrog
The Temporal Dynamics of Processes Underlying Y Chromosome Degeneration
Genetics 2008 179: 1513–1525
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Chun-Lin Huang, Shih-Ying Hwang, Yu-Chung Chiang, and Tsan-Piao Lin
Molecular Evolution of the Pi-ta Gene Resistant to Rice Blast in Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon)
Genetics 2008 179: 1527–1538
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Marie Lillehammer, Mike E. Goddard, Heidi Nilsen, Erling Sehested, Hanne Gro Olsen, Sigbjørn Lien, and Theo H. E. Meuwissen
Quantitative Trait Locus-by-Environment Interaction for Milk Yield Traits on Bos taurus Autosome 6
Genetics 2008 179: 1539–1546
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Mladen Radoev, Heiko C. Becker, and Wolfgang Ecke
Genetic Analysis of Heterosis for Yield and Yield Components in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) by Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping
Genetics 2008 179: 1547–1558
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Krista M. Nichols, Alicia Felip Edo, Paul A. Wheeler, and Gary H. Thorgaard
The Genetic Basis of Smoltification-Related Traits in Oncorhynchus mykiss
Genetics 2008 179: 1559–1575
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Mark Abney
Identity-by-Descent Estimation and Mapping of Qualitative Traits in Large, Complex Pedigrees
Genetics 2008 179: 1577–1590
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Arnaud Le Rouzic, José M. Álvarez-Castro, and Örjan Carlborg
Dissection of the Genetic Architecture of Body Weight in Chicken Reveals the Impact of Epistasis on Domestication Traits
Genetics 2008 179: 1591–1599
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Stephen W. Schaeffer, Arjun Bhutkar, Bryant F. McAllister, Muneo Matsuda, Luciano M. Matzkin, Patrick M. O'Grady, Claudia Rohde, Vera L. S. Valente, Montserrat Aguadé, Wyatt W. Anderson, Kevin Edwards, Ana C. L. Garcia, Josh Goodman, James Hartigan, Eiko Kataoka, Richard T. Lapoint, Elena R. Lozovsky, Carlos A. Machado, Mohamed A. F. Noor, Montserrat Papaceit, Laura K. Reed, Stephen Richards, Tania T. Rieger, Susan M. Russo, Hajime Sato, Carmen Segarra, Douglas R. Smith, Temple F. Smith, Victor Strelets, Yoshiko N. Tobari, Yoshihiko Tomimura, Marvin Wasserman, Thomas Watts, Robert Wilson, Kiyohito Yoshida, Therese A. Markow, William M. Gelbart, and Thomas C. Kaufman
Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps
Genetics 2008 179: 1601–1655
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Arjun Bhutkar, Stephen W. Schaeffer, Susan M. Russo, Mu Xu, Temple F. Smith, and William M. Gelbart
Chromosomal Rearrangement Inferred From Comparisons of 12 Drosophila Genomes
Genetics 2008 179: 1657–1680
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Gavin C. Conant and Kenneth H. Wolfe
Probabilistic Cross-Species Inference of Orthologous Genomic Regions Created by Whole-Genome Duplication in Yeast
Genetics 2008 179: 1681–1692
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Darren Ames, Nick Murphy, Tim Helentjaris, Nina Sun, and Vicki Chandler
Comparative Analyses of Human Single- and Multilocus Tandem Repeats
Genetics 2008 179: 1693–1704
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K. Ryo Takahasi and Hideki Innan
The Direction of Linkage Disequilibrium: A New Measure Based on the Ancestral-Derived Status of Segregating Alleles
Genetics 2008 179: 1705–1712
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Hideki Innan and Yuseob Kim
Detecting Local Adaptation Using the Joint Sampling of Polymorphism Data in the Parental and Derived Populations
Genetics 2008 179: 1713–1720
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H. Niculita-Hirzel, M. Stöck, and N. Perrin
A Key Transcription Cofactor on the Nascent Sex Chromosomes of European Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea)
Genetics 2008 179: 1721–1723
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Ran Hovav, Bhupendra Chaudhary, Joshua A. Udall, Lex Flagel, and Jonathan F. Wendel
Parallel Domestication, Convergent Evolution and Duplicated Gene Recruitment in Allopolyploid Cotton
Genetics 2008 179: 1725–1733
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