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Table of Contents

Software and Data Resources

ARSDA: A New Approach for Storing, Transmitting and Analyzing Transcriptomic Data

Xuhua Xia

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3839-3848;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300271

rSalvador: An R Package for the Fluctuation Experiment

Qi Zheng

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3849-3856;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300120

Investigations

Dissecting Nucleosome Function with a Comprehensive Histone H2A and H2B Mutant Library

Shuangying Jiang, Yan Liu, Caiyue Xu, Yun Wang, Jianhui Gong, Yue Shen, Qingyu Wu, Jef D. Boeke, Junbiao Dai

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3857-3866;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300252

Transcriptomic Analysis of Octanoic Acid Response in Drosophila sechellia Using RNA-Sequencing

Stephen M. Lanno, Sara M. Gregory, Serena J. Shimshak, Maximilian K. Alverson, Kenneth Chiu, Arden L. Feil, Morgan G. Findley, Taylor E. Forman, Julia T. Gordon, Josephine Ho, Joanna L. Krupp, Ivy Lam, Josh Lane, Samuel C. Linde, Ashley E. Morse, Serena Rusk, Robie Ryan, Avva Saniee, Ruchi B. Sheth, Jennifer J. Siranosian, Lalitpatr Sirichantaropart, Sonya R. Sternlieb, Christina M. Zaccardi, Joseph D. Coolon

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3867-3873;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300297

Caenorhabditis elegans BUB-3 and SAN-1/MAD3 Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Components Are Required for Genome Stability in Response to Treatment with Ionizing Radiation

Simone Bertolini, Bin Wang, Bettina Meier, Ye Hong, Anton Gartner

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3875-3885;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.1122

SID-1 Domains Important for dsRNA Import in Caenorhabditis elegans

Jennifer S. Whangbo, Alexandra S. Weisman, Jeiwook Chae, Craig P. Hunter

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3887-3899;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300308

A Predictive Model for Time-to-Flowering in the Common Bean Based on QTL and Environmental Variables

Mehul S. Bhakta, Salvador A. Gezan, Jose A. Clavijo Michelangeli, Melissa Carvalho, Li Zhang, James W. Jones, Kenneth J. Boote, Melanie J. Correll, James Beaver, Juan M. Osorno, Raphael Colbert, Idupulapati Rao, Stephen Beebe, Abiezer Gonzalez, Jaumer Ricaurte, C. Eduardo Vallejos

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3901-3912;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300229

H+ and Pi Byproducts of Glycosylation Affect Ca2+ Homeostasis and Are Retrieved from the Golgi Complex by Homologs of TMEM165 and XPR1

Nathan A. Snyder, Christopher P. Stefan, Camille T. Soroudi, Adam Kim, Carlos Evangelista, Kyle W. Cunningham

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3913-3924;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300339

A Horizontally Transferred Autonomous Helitron Became a Full Polydnavirus Segment in Cotesia vestalis

Pedro Heringer, Guilherme B. Dias, Gustavo C. S. Kuhn

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3925-3935;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300280

APC/CFZR-1 Controls SAS-5 Levels To Regulate Centrosome Duplication in Caenorhabditis elegans

Jeffrey C. Medley, Lauren E. DeMeyer, Megan M. Kabara, Mi Hye Song

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3937-3946;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300260

Molecular Basis of Overdominance at a Flower Color Locus

Amy M. LaFountain, Wenjie Chen, Wei Sun, Shilin Chen, Harry A. Frank, Baoqing Ding, Yao-Wu Yuan

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3947-3954;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300336

Modulation of Global Transcriptional Regulatory Networks as a Strategy for Increasing Kanamycin Resistance of the Translational Elongation Factor-G Mutants in Escherichia coli

Aalap Mogre, Reshma T. Veetil, Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3955-3966;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300284

Noncanonical GA and GG 5′ Intron Donor Splice Sites Are Common in the CopepodEurytemora affinis

Hugh M. Robertson

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3967-3969;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300189

Repression of Middle Sporulation Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the Sum1-Rfm1-Hst1 Complex Is Maintained by Set1 and H3K4 Methylation

Deepika Jaiswal, Meagan Jezek, Jeremiah Quijote, Joanna Lum, Grace Choi, Rushmie Kulkarni, DoHwan Park, Erin M. GreenG3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3971-3982;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300150

Heterogeneous Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Differentiation in European and Siberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita abietinus/P. tristis)

Venkat Talla, Faheema Kalsoom, Daria Shipilina, Irina Marova, Niclas Backström

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3983-3998;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300152

Understanding microRNA Regulation Involved in the Metamorphosis of the Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa)

Hao Song, Lu Qi, Tao Zhang, Hai-yan Wang

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3999-4008;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300210

Long-Term Impact of Optimum Contribution Selection Strategies on Local Livestock Breeds with Historical Introgression Using the Example of German Angler Cattle

Yu Wang, Dierck Segelke, Reiner Emmerling, Jörn Bennewitz, Robin Wellmann

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 4009-4018;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300272

Reviewer Index

G3 Reviewer Index 2017

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 4019-4022;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300364

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