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Table of Contents

Mutant Screen Report

Genetic Screening for EMS-Induced Maize Embryo-Specific Mutants Altered in Embryo Morphogenesis

Dale C. Brunelle, Janice K. Clark, William F. Sheridan

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3559-3570;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300293

Genomic Selection

Genomic Prediction Within and Across Biparental Families: Means and Variances of Prediction Accuracy and Usefulness of Deterministic Equations

Pascal Schopp, Dominik Müller, Yvonne C. J. Wientjes, Albrecht E. Melchinger

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3571-3586;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300076

Investigations

Mapping Loci That Control Tuber and Foliar Symptoms Caused by PVY in Autotetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) 

Washington L. da Silva, Jason Ingram, Christine A. Hackett, Joseph J. Coombs, David Douches, Glenn J. Bryan, Walter De Jong, Stewart Gray

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3587-3595;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300264

The Transcriptional Response of Candida albicans to Weak Organic Acids, Carbon Source, and MIG1 Inactivation Unveils a Role for HGT16 in Mediating the Fungistatic Effect of Acetic Acid

Fabien Cottier, Alrina Shin Min Tan, Marina Yurieva, Webber Liao, Josephine Lum, Michael Poidinger, Francesca Zolezzi, Norman Pavelka

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3597-3604;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300238

Comparison of Single Genome and Allele Frequency Data Reveals Discordant Demographic Histories

Annabel C. Beichman, Tanya N. Phung, Kirk E. Lohmueller

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3605-3620;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300259

Genome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation During Ovule Development of Female-Sterile Rice fsv1

Helian Liu, Ya Wu, Aqin Cao, Bigang Mao, Bingran Zhao, Jianbo Wang

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3621-3635;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300243

A New Diagnostic Resource for Ceratitis capitata Strain Identification Based on QTL Mapping

Sheina B. Sim, Raul Ruiz-Arce, Norman B. Barr, Scott M. Geib

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3637-3647;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300169

Linkage Analysis and Association Mapping QTL Detection Models for Hybrids Between Multiparental Populations from Two Heterotic Groups: Application to Biomass Production in Maize (Zea mays L.)

Héloïse Giraud, Cyril Bauland, Matthieu Falque, Delphine Madur, Valérie Combes, Philippe Jamin, Cécile Monteil, Jacques Laborde, Carine Palaffre, Antoine Gaillard, Philippe Blanchard, Alain Charcosset, Laurence Moreau

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3649-3657;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300121

The Effect of Common Inversion Polymorphisms In(2L)t and In(3R)Mo on Patterns of Transcriptional Variation in Drosophila melanogaster

Erik Lavington, Andrew D. Kern

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3659-3668;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.1133

Genome Dynamics of Hybrid Saccharomyces cerevisiae During Vegetative and Meiotic Divisions

Abhishek Dutta, Gen Lin, Ajith V. Pankajam, Parijat Chakraborty, Nahush Bhat, Lars M. Steinmetz, Koodali T. Nishant

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3669-3679;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.1135

Differential Expression of miRNAs in the Respiratory Tree of the Sea CucumberApostichopus japonicus Under Hypoxia Stress

Da Huo, Lina Sun, Xiaoni Li, Xiaoshang Ru, Shilin Liu, Libin Zhang, Lili Xing, Hongsheng Yang

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3681-3692;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.1129

Highly Efficient, Rapid and Co-CRISPR-Independent Genome Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans

Harriet Prior, Ali K. Jawad, Lauren MacConnachie, Asim A. Beg

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3693-3698;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300216

Caenorhabditis elegans HIF-1 Is Broadly Required for Survival in Hydrogen Sulfide

Irini Topalidou, Dana L. Miller

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3699-3704;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300146

Machine Learning Analysis Identifies Drosophila Grunge/Atrophin as an Important Learning and Memory Gene Required for Memory Retention and Social Learning

Balint Z. Kacsoh, Casey S. Greene, Giovanni Bosco

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3705-3718;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300172Mechanisms of Transmission

Ratio Distortion at Hybrid Sterility Loci Within and Between Mimulus Species

Rachel E. Kerwin, Andrea L. Sweigart

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3719-3730;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300148

The Ubiquitin Ligase (E3) Psh1p Is Required for Proper Segregation of both Centromeric and Two-Micron Plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Meredith B. Metzger, Jessica L. Scales, Mitchell F. Dunklebarger, Allan M. Weissman

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3731-3743;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300227

Serotonin Drives Predatory Feeding Behavior via Synchronous Feeding Rhythms in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Misako Okumura, Martin Wilecki, Ralf J. Sommer

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3745-3755;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300263

Localization of Cdc7 Protein Kinase During DNA Replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Daniel Rossbach, D. Suzi Bryan, Jay R. Hesselberth, Robert Sclafani

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3757-3774;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300223

Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Mutations Accumulated in rad27? Yeast Strains with Defects in the Processing of Okazaki Fragments Indicates Template-Switching Events

Sumita Omer, Bar Lavi, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Shay Covo, Einat Hazkani-Covo

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3775-3787;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300262

Pervasive, Genome-Wide Transcription in the Organelle Genomes of Diverse Plastid-Bearing Protists

Matheus Sanitá, Lima, David Roy Smith

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3789-3796;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300290

Filamentation Involves Two Overlapping, but Distinct, Programs of Filamentation in the Pathogenic Fungus Candida albicans

Jahaun Azadmanesh, Austin M. Gowen, Paul E. Creger, Nichole D. Schafer, Jill R. Blankenship

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3797-3808;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300224

Architecture and Distribution of Introns in Core Genes of Four Fusarium Species

Mmatshepho M. Phasha, Brenda D. Wingfield, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Quentin C. Santana, Gerda Fourie, Emma T. Steenkamp

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3809-3820;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300344

Using Linkage Maps as a Tool To Determine Patterns of Chromosome Synteny in the Genus Salvelinus

Matthew C. Hale, Garrett J. McKinney, Courtney L. Bell, Krista M. Nichols

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3821-3830;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300317

First Draft Genome Sequence of the Pathogenic Fungus Lomentospora prolificans(Formerly Scedosporium prolificans)

Ruibang Luo, Aleksey Zimin, Rachael Workman, Yunfan Fan, Geo Pertea, Nina Grossman, Maggie P. Wear, Bei Jia, Heather Miller, Arturo Casadevall, Winston Timp, Sean X. Zhang, Steven L. Salzberg

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3831-3836;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300107

CORRIGENDUM

Corrigendum

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics November 2017 7: 3837;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300237

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