March 2005 Table of Contents

Investigations

• The Bacillus subtilis sin Operon

  Christopher A. Voigt, Denise M. Wolf, Adam P. Arkin

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1187-1202; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.031955
• Protein Kinase A Regulates Constitutive Expression of Small Heat-Shock Genes in an Msn2/4p-Independent and Hsf1p-Dependent Manner in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Scott B. Ferguson, Erik S. Anderson, Robyn B. Harshaw, Tim Thate, Nancy L. Craig, Hillary C. M. Nelson

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1203-1214; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.034256
• Genetic Factors That Regulate the Attenuation of the General Stress Response of Yeast

  Sohini Bose, James A. Dutko, Richard S. Zitomer

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1215-1226; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.034603
• Hsp70 Chaperones as Modulators of Prion Life Cycle

  Kim D. Allen, Renee D. Wegrzyn, Tatiana A. Chernova, Susanne Müller, Gary P. Newnam, Peggy A. Winslett, Kristin B. Wittich, Keith D. Wilkinson, Yury O. Chernoff

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1227-1242; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.037168
• Conserved Locus-Specific Silencing Functions of Schizosaccharomyces pombe sir2⁺

  Lisa L. Freeman-Cook, Eliana B. Gómez, Erik J. Spedale, John Marlett, Susan L. Forsburg, Lorraine Pillus, Patricia Laurenson

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1243-1260; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032714
• A Novel Recombination Pathway Initiated by the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 Complex Eliminates Palindromes During Meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

  Joseph A. Farah, Gareth Cromie, Walter W. Steiner, Gerald R. Smith

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1261-1274; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.037515
• A Genetic Screen for top3 Suppressors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Identifies SHU1, SHU2, PSY3 and CSM2

  Erika Shor, Justin Weinstein, Rodney Rothstein

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1275-1289; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036764
• MLH1 and MSH2 Promote the Symmetry of Double-Strand Break Repair Events at the HIS4 Hotspot in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Eva R. Hoffmann, Emma Eriksson, Benjamin J. Herbert, Rhona H. Borts

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1291-1303; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033399
• Trans Events Associated With Crossovers Are Revealed in the Absence of Mismatch Repair Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Eva R. Hoffmann, Rhona H. Borts

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1305-1310; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033407
• Chromosome Loss Followed by Duplication Is the Major Mechanism of Spontaneous Mating-Type Locus Homozygosis in Candida albicans

  Wei Wu, Claude Pujol, Shawn R. Lockhart, David R. Soll

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1311-1327; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033167
• Meiosis-Specific Regulation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae S-Phase Cyclin CLB5 Is Dependent on MluI Cell Cycle Box (MCB) Elements in Its Promoter but Is Independent of MCB-Binding Factor Activity

  Sheetal A. Raithatha, David T. Stuart

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1329-1342; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036103
• The Heme Activator Protein Hap1 Represses Transcription by a Heme-Independent Mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Thomas Hon, Hee Chul Lee, Zhanzhi Hu, Vishwanath R. Iyer, Li Zhang

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1343-1352; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.037143
• Infrequent Co-conversion of Markers Flanking a Meiotic Recombination Initiation Site in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Lea Jessop, Thorsten Allers, Michael Lichten

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1353-1367; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036509
• Missense Mutations That Inactivate the Aspergillus nidulans nrtA Gene Encoding a High-Affinity Nitrate Transporter

  James R. Kinghorn, Joan Sloan, Ghassan J. M. Kana'n, Edisio R. DaSilva, Duncan A. Rouch, Shiela E. Unkles

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1369-1377; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036590
• Interaction Between the oxa1 and rmp1 Genes Modulates Respiratory Complex Assembly and Life Span in Podospora anserina

  Carole H. Sellem, Claire Lemaire, Séverine Lorin, Geneviève Dujardin, Annie Sainsard-Chanet

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1379-1389; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033837
• SepB^CTF4 Is Required for the Formation of DNA-Damage-Induced UvsC^RAD51 Foci in Aspergillus nidulans

  Scott E. Gygax, Camile P. Semighini, Gustavo H. Goldman, Steven D. Harris

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1391-1402; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.030817
• Gene Clusters for Insecticidal Loline Alkaloids in the Grass-Endophytic Fungus Neotyphodium uncinatum

  Martin J. Spiering, Christina D. Moon, Heather H. Wilkinson, Christopher L. Schardl

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1403-1414; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035972
• The LF1 Gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Encodes a Novel Protein Required for Flagellar Length Control

  Rachel L. Nguyen, Lai-Wa Tam, Paul A. Lefebvre

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1415-1424; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.027615
• Serotonin (5HT), Fluoxetine, Imipramine and Dopamine Target Distinct 5HT Receptor Signaling to Modulate Caenorhabditis elegans Egg-Laying Behavior

  Catherine M. Dempsey, Scott M. Mackenzie, Andrew Gargus, Gabriela Blanco, Ji Ying Sze

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1425-1436; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032540
• Genetic Control of Temperature Preference in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  Akiko Mohri, Eiji Kodama, Koutarou D. Kimura, Mizuho Koike, Takafumi Mizuno, Ikue Mori

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1437-1450; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036111
• Systematic, RNA-Interference-Mediated Identification of mus-101 Modifier Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Antonia H. Holway, Crystal Hung, W. Matthew Michael

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1451-1460; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036137
• Many P-Element Insertions Affect Wing Shape in Drosophila melanogaster

  Kenneth Weber, Nancy Johnson, David Champlin, April Patty

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1461-1475; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.027748
• Seizure Suppression by Gain-of-Function escargot Mutations

  Daria S. Hekmat-Scafe, Kim N. Dang, Mark A. Tanouye

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1477-1493; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036558
• Patterns of Selection on Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Variants in Drosophila miranda

  Carolina Bartolomé, Xulio Maside, Soojin Yi, Anna L. Grant, Brian Charlesworth

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1495-1507; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033068
• Sex-Linked Differentiation Between Incipient Species of Anopheles gambiae

  Aram D. Stump, Jennifer A. Shoener, Carlo Costantini, N'Fale Sagnon, Nora J. Besansky

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1509-1519; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035303
• Insertion/Deletion and Nucleotide Polymorphism Data Reveal Constraints in Drosophila melanogaster Introns and Intergenic Regions

  Lino Ometto, Wolfgang Stephan, David De Lorenzo

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1521-1527; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.037689
• Quantitative Genetics of Vector Competence for La Crosse Virus and Body Size in Ochlerotatus hendersoni and Ochlerotatus triseriatus Interspecific Hybrids

  Justin R. Anderson, Jennifer R. Schneider, Paul R. Grimstad, David W. Severson

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1529-1539; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033639
• Transient Receptor Potential-Like Channels Are Essential for Calcium Signaling and Fluid Transport in a Drosophila Epithelium

  Matthew R. MacPherson, Valerie P. Pollock, Laura Kean, Tony D. Southall, Maria E. Giannakou, Kate E. Broderick, Julian A. T. Dow, Roger C. Hardie, Shireen A. Davies

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1541-1552; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035139
• Genetic Variation for Total Fitness in Drosophila melanogaster

  Michael P. Gardner, Kevin Fowler, Nicholas H. Barton, Linda Partridge

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1553-1571; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032367
• Chromosomal Inversion Polymorphism Leads to Extensive Genetic Structure

  Agustí Munté, Julio Rozas, Montserrat Aguadé, Carmen Segarra

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1573-1581; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032748
• Haplotype Analysis of the β2 Adrenergic Receptor Gene and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Humans

  Robert Y. L. Zee, Nancy R. Cook, Rebecca Reynolds, Suzanne Cheng, Paul M. Ridker

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1583-1587; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.037812
• Estimation of Long-Term Effective Population Sizes Through the History of Durum Wheat Using Microsatellite Data

  A.-C. Thuillet, T. Bataillon, S. Poirier, S. Santoni, J. L. David

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1589-1599; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.029553
• A Multilocus Sequence Survey in Arabidopsis thaliana Reveals a Genome-Wide Departure From a Neutral Model of DNA Sequence Polymorphism

  Karl J. Schmid, Sebastian Ramos-Onsins, Henriette Ringys-Beckstein, Bernd Weisshaar, Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1601-1615; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033795
• An Analysis of Genetic Diversity Across the Maize Genome Using Microsatellites

  Yves Vigouroux, Sharon Mitchell, Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Martha Hamblin, Stephen Kresovich, J. Stephen C. Smith, Jennifer Jaqueth, Oscar S. Smith, John Doebley

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1617-1630; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032086
• Genetic Structure and Diversity in Oryza sativa L.

  Amanda J. Garris, Thomas H. Tai, Jason Coburn, Steve Kresovich, Susan McCouch

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1631-1638; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035642
• The Population Structure of African Cultivated Rice Oryza glaberrima (Steud.)

  Mande Semon, Rasmus Nielsen, Monty P. Jones, Susan R. McCouch

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1639-1647; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033175
• Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Multiple Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana Identifies Natural Allelic Variation for Trichome Density

  V. Vaughan Symonds, A. Veronica Godoy, Teresa Alconada, Javier F. Botto, Thomas E. Juenger, Jorge J. Casal, Alan M. Lloyd

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1649-1658; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.031948
• The Genetic Basis for Inflorescence Variation Between Foxtail and Green Millet (Poaceae)

  Andrew N. Doust, Katrien M. Devos, Mike D. Gadberry, Mike D. Gale, Elizabeth A. Kellogg

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1659-1672; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035543
• The Integration of Recombination and Physical Maps in a Large-Genome Monocot Using Haploid Genome Analysis in a Trihybrid Allium Population

  L. I. Khrustaleva, P. E. de Melo, A. W. van Heusden, C. Kik

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1673-1685; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.038687
• Gene Genealogy and Properties of Test Statistics of Neutrality Under Population Growth

  Akinori Sano, Hidenori Tachida

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1687-1697; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032797
• Modeling Quantitative Trait Loci and Interpretation of Models

  Zhao-Bang Zeng, Tao Wang, Wei Zou

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1711-1725; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.035857
• Bayesian Analysis of an Admixture Model With Mutations and Arbitrarily Linked Markers

  Laurent Excoffier, Arnaud Estoup, Jean-Marie Cornuet

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1727-1738; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036236
• Variogram Analysis of the Spatial Genetic Structure of Continuous Populations Using Multilocus Microsatellite Data

  Helene H. Wagner, Rolf Holderegger, Silke Werth, Felix Gugerli, Susan E. Hoebee, Christoph Scheidegger

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1739-1752; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036038
• Detecting Amino Acid Sites Under Positive Selection and Purifying Selection

  Tim Massingham, Nick Goldman

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1753-1762; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032144
• Statistical Tests of the Coalescent Model Based on the Haplotype Frequency Distribution and the Number of Segregating Sites

  Hideki Innan, Kangyu Zhang, Paul Marjoram, Simon Tavaré, Noah A. Rosenberg

  Genetics March 2005 169: 1763-1777; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.032219

• Multiparental Populations

  • Combining Data From Multiple Inbred Line Crosses Improves the Power and Resolution of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping

    Renhua Li, Malcolm A. Lyons, Henning Wittenburg, Beverly Paigen, Gary A. Churchill

    Genetics March 2005 169: 1699-1709; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.033993