October 2016 Table of Contents

Investigations

• Statistical Genetics and Genomics

  • Comparing the Statistical Fate of Paralogous and Orthologous Sequences

    Florian Massip, Michael Sheinman, Sophie Schbath, Peter F. Arndt

    Genetics October 2016 204: 475-482; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193912
  • Statistical Methods for Testing Genetic Pleiotropy

    Daniel J. Schaid, Xingwei Tong, Beth Larrabee, Richard B. Kennedy, Gregory A. Poland, Jason P. Sinnwell

    Genetics October 2016 204: 483-497; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.189308
  • A Comparison of One-Rate and Two-Rate Inference Frameworks for Site-Specific dN/dS Estimation

    Stephanie J. Spielman, Suyang Wan, Claus O. Wilke

    Genetics October 2016 204: 499-511; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.185264
  • Estimation of Gene Insertion/Deletion Rates with Missing Data

    Utkarsh J. Dang, Alison M. Devault, Tatum D. Mortimer, Caitlin S. Pepperell, Hendrik N. Poinar, G. Brian Golding

    Genetics October 2016 204: 513-529; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.191973

• Genome Integrity and Transmission

  • Biochemical Activities and Genetic Functions of the Drosophila melanogaster Fancm Helicase in DNA Repair

    Noelle-Erin Romero, Steven W. Matson, Jeff Sekelsky

    Genetics October 2016 204: 531-541; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192534
  • Accurate Chromosome Segregation at First Meiotic Division Requires AGO4, a Protein Involved in RNA-Dependent DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Cecilia Oliver, Juan Luis Santos, Mónica Pradillo

    Genetics October 2016 204: 543-553; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.189217
  • Restructuring of Holocentric Centromeres During Meiosis in the Plant Rhynchospora pubera

    André Marques, Veit Schubert, Andreas Houben, Andrea Pedrosa-Harand

    Genetics October 2016 204: 555-568; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.191213
  • Nicotinamide Suppresses the DNA Damage Sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Independently of Sirtuin Deacetylases

    Anthony Rössl, Amanda Bentley-DeSousa, Yi-Chieh Tseng, Christine Nwosu, Michael Downey

    Genetics October 2016 204: 569-579; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193524

• Gene Expression

  • Divergent Transactivation of Maize Storage Protein Zein Genes by the Transcription Factors Opaque2 and OHPs

    Open Access

    Jun Yang, Chen Ji, Yongrui Wu

    Genetics October 2016 204: 581-591; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192385
  • Promoter Architecture and Sex-Specific Gene Expression in Daphnia pulex

    R. Taylor Raborn, Ken Spitze, Volker P. Brendel, Michael Lynch

    Genetics October 2016 204: 593-612; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193334
  • Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interactions Mediate Sex-Specific Transcriptional Profiles in Drosophila

    Open Access

    Jim A. Mossman, Jennifer G. Tross, Nan Li, Zhijin Wu, David M. Rand

    Genetics October 2016 204: 613-630; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192328
  • Production of Small Noncoding RNAs from the flamenco Locus Is Regulated by the gypsy Retrotransposon of Drosophila melanogaster

    Vincenzo Guida, Filippo M. Cernilogar, Angela Filograna, Roberto De Gregorio, Hirotsugu Ishizu, Mikiko C. Siomi, Gunnar Schotta, Gian Carlo Bellenchi, Davide Andrenacci

    Genetics October 2016 204: 631-644; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.187922

• Cellular Genetics

  • Mms21 SUMO Ligase Activity Promotes Nucleolar Function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Open Access

    Dong-Hwan Kim, Bethany Harris, Fei Wang, Chris Seidel, Scott McCroskey, Jennifer L. Gerton

    Genetics October 2016 204: 645-658; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.181750
  • Identification of the Target of the Retrograde Response that Mediates Replicative Lifespan Extension in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    James C. Jiang, Stefan W. Stumpferl, Anurag Tiwari, Qian Qin, José F. Rodriguez-Quiñones, S. Michal Jazwinski

    Genetics October 2016 204: 659-673; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.188086
  • Development of the Cellular Immune System of Drosophila Requires the Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin-Like Protein Torso-Like

    Lauren Forbes-Beadle, Tova Crossman, Travis K. Johnson, Richard Burke, Coral G. Warr, James C. Whisstock

    Genetics October 2016 204: 675-681; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.185462

• Developmental and Behavioral Genetics

  • Complex Locomotion Behavior Changes Are Induced in Caenorhabditis elegans by the Lack of the Regulatory Leak K⁺ Channel TWK-7

    Kai Lüersen, Dieter-Christian Gottschling, Frank Döring

    Genetics October 2016 204: 683-701; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.188896
  • Growth Coordination During Drosophila melanogaster Imaginal Disc Regeneration Is Mediated by Signaling Through the Relaxin Receptor Lgr3 in the Prothoracic Gland

    Jacob S. Jaszczak, Jacob B. Wolpe, Rajan Bhandari, Rebecca G. Jaszczak, Adrian Halme

    Genetics October 2016 204: 703-709; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193706

• Population and Evolutionary Genetics

  • Nationwide Genomic Study in Denmark Reveals Remarkable Population Homogeneity

    Georgios Athanasiadis, Jade Y. Cheng, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Frank G. Jørgensen, Thomas D. Als, Stephanie Le Hellard, Thomas Espeseth, Patrick F. Sullivan, Christina M. Hultman, Peter C. Kjærgaard, Mikkel H. Schierup, Thomas Mailund

    Genetics October 2016 204: 711-722; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.189241
  • Estimating the Effective Population Size from Temporal Allele Frequency Changes in Experimental Evolution

    Open Access

    Ágnes Jónás, Thomas Taus, Carolin Kosiol, Christian Schlötterer, Andreas Futschik

    Genetics October 2016 204: 723-735; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.191197
  • Commonalities in Development of Pure Breeds and Population Isolates Revealed in the Genome of the Sardinian Fonni's Dog

    Open Access

    Dayna L. Dreger, Brian W. Davis, Raffaella Cocco, Sara Sechi, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Heidi G. Parker, Michele Polli, Stefano P. Marelli, Paola Crepaldi, Elaine A. Ostrander

    Genetics October 2016 204: 737-755; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192427
  • Repeated Duplication of Argonaute2 Is Associated with Strong Selection and Testis Specialization in Drosophila

    Open Access

    Samuel H. Lewis, Claire L. Webster, Heli Salmela, Darren J. Obbard

    Genetics October 2016 204: 757-769; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192336

• Genetics of Complex Traits

  • Imputation of DNA Methylation Levels in the Brain Implicates a Risk Factor for Parkinson’s Disease

    Open Access

    Konrad Rawlik, Amy Rowlatt, Albert Tenesa

    Genetics October 2016 204: 771-781; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.185967
  • Gene and Network Analysis of Common Variants Reveals Novel Associations in Multiple Complex Diseases

    Open Access

    Priyanka Nakka, Benjamin J. Raphael, Sohini Ramachandran

    Genetics October 2016 204: 783-798; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.188391
  • Insights into Interspecific Hybridization Events in Allotetraploid Cotton Formation from Characterization of a Gene-Regulating Leaf Shape

    Lijing Chang, Lei Fang, Yajuan Zhu, Huaitong Wu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Chunxiao Liu, Xinghe Li, Tianzhen Zhang

    Genetics October 2016 204: 799-806; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.193086

• Genome and Systems Biology

  • A Synthetic Dosage Lethal Genetic Interaction Between CKS1B and PLK1 Is Conserved in Yeast and Human Cancer Cells

    Open Access

    Robert J. D. Reid, Xing Du, Ivana Sunjevaric, Vinayak Rayannavar, John Dittmar, Eric Bryant, Matthew Maurer, Rodney Rothstein

    Genetics October 2016 204: 807-819; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.190231