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James F. Crow
Just and Unjust: E. E. Just (1883–1941)
Genetics 2008 179: 1735–1740
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Kenneth M. Weiss
Tilting at Quixotic Trait Loci (QTL): An Evolutionary Perspective on Genetic Causation
Genetics 2008 179: 1741–1756
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Ronald P. Leon, Marianne Tecklenburg, and Robert A. Sclafani
Functional Conservation of β-Hairpin DNA Binding Domains in the Mcm Protein of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and the Mcm5 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1757–1768
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Ivana Celic, Alain Verreault, and Jef D. Boeke
Histone H3 K56 Hyperacetylation Perturbs Replisomes and Causes DNA Damage
Genetics 2008 179: 1769–1784
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Philip A. Jensen, Jeremy R. Stuart, Michael P. Goodpaster, Joseph W. Goodman, and Michael J. Simmons
Cytotype Regulation of P Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster: Repressor Polypeptides or piRNAs?
Genetics 2008 179: 1785–1793
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Erica Mito, Janet V. Mokhnatkin, Molly C. Steele, Victoria L. Buettner, Steve S. Sommer, Glenn M. Manthey, and Adam M. Bailis
Mutagenic and Recombinagenic Responses to Defective DNA Polymerase Are Facilitated by the Rev1 Protein in pol3-t Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1795–1806
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Amy M. Lyndaker, Tamara Goldfarb, and Eric Alani
Mutants Defective in Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 Exhibit a Unique Pattern of Viability During Mating-Type Switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1807–1821
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Weiping Wang, Claire Cronmiller, and David L. Brautigan
Maternal Phosphatase Inhibitor-2 Is Required for Proper Chromosome Segregation and Mitotic Synchrony During Drosophila Embryogenesis
Genetics 2008 179: 1823–1833
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Petr Cejka and Josef Jiricny
Interplay of DNA Repair Pathways Controls Methylation Damage Toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1835–1844
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Angela Deem, Krista Barker, Kelly VanHulle, Brandon Downing, Alexandra Vayl, and Anna Malkova
Defective Break-Induced Replication Leads to Half-Crossovers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics 2008 179: 1845–1860
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Rebecca R. Bellone, Samantha A. Brooks, Lynne Sandmeyer, Barbara A. Murphy, George Forsyth, Sheila Archer, Ernest Bailey, and Bruce Grahn
Differential Gene Expression of TRPM1, the Potential Cause of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness and Coat Spotting Patterns (LP) in the Appaloosa Horse (Equus caballus)
Genetics 2008 179: 1861–1870
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Eunkyoung Shin, Hayoung Go, Ji-Hyun Yeom, Miae Won, Jeehyeon Bae, Seung Hyun Han, Kook Han, Younghoon Lee, Nam-Chul Ha, Christopher J. Moore, Björn Sohlberg, Stanley N. Cohen, and Kangseok Lee
Identification of Amino Acid Residues in the Catalytic Domain of RNase E Essential for Survival of Escherichia coli: Functional Analysis of DNase I Subdomain
Genetics 2008 179: 1871–1879
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Zhao Lai, Nolan C. Kane, Yi Zou, and Loren H. Rieseberg
Natural Variation in Gene Expression Between Wild and Weedy Populations of Helianthus annuus
Genetics 2008 179: 1881–1890
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Sascha Offermann, Björn Dreesen, Ina Horst, Tanja Danker, Michal Jaskiewicz, and Christoph Peterhansel
Developmental and Environmental Signals Induce Distinct Histone Acetylation Profiles on Distal and Proximal Promoter Elements of the C₄-Pepc Gene in Maize
Genetics 2008 179: 1891–1901
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N. Derome, B. Bougas, S. M. Rogers, A. R. Whiteley, A. Labbe, J. Laroche, and L. Bernatchez
Pervasive Sex-Linked Effects on Transcription Regulation As Revealed by Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping in Lake Whitefish Species Pairs (Coregonus sp., Salmonidae)
Genetics 2008 179: 1903–1917
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Camile P. Semighini and Steven D. Harris
Regulation of Apical Dominance in Aspergillus nidulans Hyphae by Reactive Oxygen Species
Genetics 2008 179: 1919–1932
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Ryan M. Raisner and Hiten D. Madhani
Genomewide Screen for Negative Regulators of Sirtuin Activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Reveals 40 Loci and Links to Metabolism
Genetics 2008 179: 1933–1944
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John J. Scarcelli, Susan Viggiano, Christine A. Hodge, Catherine V. Heath, David C. Amberg, and Charles N. Cole
Synthetic Genetic Array Analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Provides Evidence for an Interaction Between RAT8/DBP5 and Genes Encoding P-Body Components
Genetics 2008 179: 1945–1955
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M. Afaq Shakir, Ke Jiang, Eric C. Struckhoff, Rafael S. Demarco, Falshruti B. Patel, Martha C. Soto, and Erik A. Lundquist
The Arp2/3 Activators WAVE and WASP Have Distinct Genetic Interactions With Rac GTPases in Caenorhabditis elegans Axon Guidance
Genetics 2008 179: 1957–1971
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Arlette Kpebe and Leonard Rabinow
Dissection of Darkener of Apricot Kinase Isoform Functions in Drosophila
Genetics 2008 179: 1973–1987
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Shamir Zenvirt, Yael Nevo-Caspi, Sigal Rencus-Lazar, and Daniel Segal
Drosophila LIM-Only Is a Positive Regulator of Transcription During Thoracic Bristle Development
Genetics 2008 179: 1989–1999
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Erik C. Andersen, Adam M. Saffer, and H. Robert Horvitz
Multiple Levels of Redundant Processes Inhibit Caenorhabditis elegans Vulval Cell Fates
Genetics 2008 179: 2001–2012
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Anne Deredec, Austin Burt, and H. C. J. Godfray
The Population Genetics of Using Homing Endonuclease Genes in Vector and Pest Management
Genetics 2008 179: 2013–2026
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Noah A. Rosenberg and Mattias Jakobsson
The Relationship Between Homozygosity and the Frequency of the Most Frequent Allele
Genetics 2008 179: 2027–2036
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Shozo Yokoyama, Hui Yang, and William T. Starmer
Molecular Basis of Spectral Tuning in the Red- and Green-Sensitive (M/LWS) Pigments in Vertebrates
Genetics 2008 179: 2037–2043
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Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin, Estelle Lerceteau-Köhler, Laure Barrot, Daniel James Sargent, Amparo Monfort, David Simpson, Pere Arús, Guy Guérin, and Béatrice Denoyes-Rothan
Comparative Genetic Mapping Between Octoploid and Diploid Fragaria Species Reveals a High Level of Colinearity Between Their Genomes and the Essentially Disomic Behavior of the Cultivated Octoploid Strawberry
Genetics 2008 179: 2045–2060
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Jacob A. Moorad and Daniel E. L. Promislow
A Theory of Age-Dependent Mutation and Senescence
Genetics 2008 179: 2061–2073
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Leslie M. Turner, Edward B. Chuong, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
Comparative Analysis of Testis Protein Evolution in Rodents
Genetics 2008 179: 2075–2089
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Sarah P. Otto, Maria R. Servedio, and Scott L. Nuismer
Frequency-Dependent Selection and the Evolution of Assortative Mating
Genetics 2008 179: 2091–2112
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Marc Stift, Camillo Berenos, Peter Kuperus, and Peter H. van Tienderen
Segregation Models for Disomic, Tetrasomic and Intermediate Inheritance in Tetraploids: A General Procedure Applied to Rorippa (Yellow Cress) Microsatellite Data
Genetics 2008 179: 2113–2123
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Kavita Jain
Loss of Least-Loaded Class in Asexual Populations Due to Drift and Epistasis
Genetics 2008 179: 2125–2134
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Belinda van Heerwaarden, Yvonne Willi, Torsten N. Kristensen, and Ary A. Hoffmann
Population Bottlenecks Increase Additive Genetic Variance But Do Not Break a Selection Limit in Rain Forest Drosophila
Genetics 2008 179: 2135–2146
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Joaquim Casellas and Juan F. Medrano
Within-Generation Mutation Variance for Litter Size in Inbred Mice
Genetics 2008 179: 2147–2155
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Hiroyuki Otake, Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Hamaguchi, and Mitsuru Sakaizumi
The Y Chromosome That Lost the Male-Determining Function Behaves as an X Chromosome in the Medaka Fish, Oryzias latipes
Genetics 2008 179: 2157–2162
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Kiyun Park, Joohyun Kang, Krishna Pd. Subedi, Ji-Hong Ha, and Chankyu Park
Canine Polydactyl Mutations With Heterogeneous Origin in the Conserved Intronic Sequence of LMBR1
Genetics 2008 179: 2163–2172
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Joseph A. Ross and Catherine L. Peichel
Molecular Cytogenetic Evidence of Rearrangements on the Y Chromosome of the Threespine Stickleback Fish
Genetics 2008 179: 2173–2182
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Gabrielle C. Nickel, David L. Tefft, Karrie Goglin, and Mark D. Adams
An Empirical Test for Branch-Specific Positive Selection
Genetics 2008 179: 2183–2193
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Anne-Laure Raquin, Frantz Depaulis, Amaury Lambert, Nathalie Galic, Philippe Brabant, and Isabelle Goldringer
Experimental Estimation of Mutation Rates in a Wheat Population With a Gene Genealogy Approach
Genetics 2008 179: 2195–2211
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Jeffrey M. Good, Matthew D. Dean, and Michael W. Nachman
A Complex Genetic Basis to X-Linked Hybrid Male Sterility Between Two Species of House Mice
Genetics 2008 179: 2213–2228
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Urban Friberg and William R. Rice
Cut Thy Neighbor: Cyclic Birth and Death of Recombination Hotspots via Genetic Conflict
Genetics 2008 179: 2229–2238
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Xiangyuan Wan, Jianfeng Weng, Huqu Zhai, Jiankang Wang, Cailin Lei, Xiaolu Liu, Tao Guo, Ling Jiang, Ning Su, and Jianmin Wan
Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Analysis For Rice Grain Width and Fine Mapping of an Identified QTL Allele gw-5 in a Recombination Hotspot Region on Chromosome 5
Genetics 2008 179: 2239–2252
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Montgomery Slatkin
Exchangeable Models of Complex Inherited Diseases
Genetics 2008 179: 2253–2261
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Xing-You Gu, E. Brent Turnipseed, and Michael E. Foley
The qSD12 Locus Controls Offspring Tissue-Imposed Seed Dormancy in Rice
Genetics 2008 179: 2263–2273
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Samprit Banerjee, Brian S. Yandell, and Nengjun Yi
Bayesian Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping for Multiple Traits
Genetics 2008 179: 2275–2289
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Yong Chen, Fengfeng Zhou, Guojun Li, and Ying Xu
A Recently Active Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Element, Chunjie, Inserted Into an Operon Without Disturbing the Operon Structure in Geobacter uraniireducens Rf4
Genetics 2008 179: 2291–2297
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Birgit Kristine Hougaard, Lene Heegaard Madsen, Niels Sandal, Marcio de Carvalho Moretzsohn, Jakob Fredslund, Leif Schauser, Anna Marie Nielsen, Trine Rohde, Shusei Sato, Satoshi Tabata, David John Bertioli, and Jens Stougaard
Legume Anchor Markers Link Syntenic Regions Between Phaseolus vulgaris, Lotus japonicus, Medicago truncatula and Arachis
Genetics 2008 179: 2299–2312
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Patrick H. Maxwell and M. Joan Curcio
Incorporation of Y'-Ty1 cDNA Destabilizes Telomeres in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Telomerase-Negative Mutants
Genetics 2008 179: 2313–2317
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Wenfeng Qian and Jianzhi Zhang
Gene Dosage and Gene Duplicability
Genetics 2008 179: 2319–2324
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Maria D. Vibranovski, Leonardo B. Koerich, and A. Bernardo Carvalho
Two New Y-Linked Genes in Drosophila melanogaster
Genetics 2008 179: 2325–2327
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