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Investigations

The Genetic Basis of Baculum Size and Shape Variation in Mice

Nicholas G. Schultz, Jesse Ingels, Andrew Hillhouse, Keegan Wardwell, Peter L. Chang, James M. Cheverud, Cathleen Lutz, Lu Lu, Robert W. Williams, and Matthew D. Dean

G3 May 2016 6:1141-1151; Early Online March 2, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.027888

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Does 3D Phenotyping Yield Substantial Insights in the Genetics of the Mouse Mandible Shape?

Nicolas Navarro and A. Murat Maga

G3 May 2016 6:1153-1163; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.024372

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Genomic Bayesian Prediction Model for Count Data with Genotype x Environment Interaction

Abelardo Montesinos-López, Osval A. Montesinos-López, José Crossa, Juan Burgueño, Kent M. Eskridge, Esteban Falconi-Castillo, Xinyao He, Pawan Singh, and Karen Cichy

G3 May 2016 6:1165-1177; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.028118

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Sequence of the Gonium pectorale Mating Locus Reveals a Complex and Dynamic History of Changes in Volvocine Algal Mating Haplotypes

Takashi Hamaji, Yuko Mogi, Patrick J. Ferris, Toshiyuki Mori, Shinya Miyagishima, Yukihiro Kabeya, Yoshiki Nishimura, Atsushi Toyoda, Hideki Noguchi, Asao Fujiyama, Bradley J. S. C. Olson, Tara N. Marriage, Ichiro Nishii, James G. Umen, and Hisayoshi Nozaki

G3 May 2016 6:1179-1189; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.026229

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Comparative and Transcriptome Analyses Uncover Key Aspects of Coding- and Long Noncoding RNAs in Flatworm Mitochondrial Genomes

Eric Ross, David Blair, Carlos Guerrero-Hernández, and Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

G3 May 2016 6:1191-1200; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.028175

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Massive Amplification at an Unselected Locus Accompanies Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements in Yeast

Agnès Thierry, Varun Khanna, and Bernard Dujon

G3 May 2016 6:1201-1215; Early Online March 4, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.024547

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The Genetic Linkage Map of the Medicinal Mushroom Agaricus subrufescens Reveals Highly Conserved Macrosynteny with the Congeneric Species Agaricus bisporus

Marie Foulongne-Oriol, Manuela Rocha de Brito, Delphine Cabannes, Aurélien Clément, Cathy Spataro, Magalie Moinard, Eustáquio Souza Dias, Philippe Callac, and Jean-Michel Savoie

G3 May 2016 6:1217-1226; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.025718

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Staufen Negatively Modulates MicroRNA Activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Zhiji Ren, Isana Veksler-Lublinsky, David Morrissey, and Victor Ambros

G3 May 2016 6:1227-1237; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.027300

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Comparative Transcriptomics Indicates a Role for SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) Genes in Mimulus guttatus Vernalization Response

Jill C. Preston, Jinshun Zhong, Meghan McKeown, Meghan den Bakker, and Jannice Friedman

G3 May 2016 6:1239-1249; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.026468

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Latitudinal Clines of the Human Vitamin D Receptor and Skin Color Genes

Dov Tiosano, Laura Audi, Sharlee Climer, Weixiong Zhang, Alan R. Templeton, Monica Fernández-Cancio, Ruth Gershoni-Baruch, José Miguel Sánchez-Muro, Mohamed El Kholy, and Zèev Hochberg

G3 May 2016 6:1251-1266; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.115.026773

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Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies Candidate Genes and Gene Sets Controlling the Response of Porcine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells to Poly I:C Stimulation

Jiying Wang, Yanping Wang, Huaizhong Wang, Haifei Wang, Jian-Feng Liu, Ying Wu, and Jianfeng Guo

G3 May 2016 6:1267-1275; Early Online March 2, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.028290

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Chicken gga-miR-103-3p Targets CCNE1 and TFDP2 and Inhibits MDCC-MSB1 Cell Migration

Bo Han, Ling Lian, Xin Li, Chunfang Zhao, Lujiang Qu, Changjun Liu, Jiuzhou Song, and Ning Yang

G3 May 2016 6:1277-1285; Early Online March 2, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.028498

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Conflation of Short Identity-by-Descent Segments Bias Their Inferred Length Distribution

Charleston W. K. Chiang, Peter Ralph, and John Novembre

G3 May 2016 6:1287-1296; Early Online March 2, 2016

doi:10.1534/g3.116.027581

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Mapping Challenging Mutations by Whole-Genome Sequencing

Harold E. Smith, Amy S. Fabritius, Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert, and Andy Golden

G3 May 2016 6:1297-1304; Early Online March 4, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.028316

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Characterization of Chicken MMP13 Expression and Genetic Effect on Egg Production Traits of Its Promoter Polymorphisms

Zhenjie Yuan, Yuxia Chen, Qiuyue Chen, Miao Guo, Li Kang, Guiyu Zhu, and Yunliang Jiang

G3 May 2016 6:1305-1312; Early Online March 10, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027755

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Genomic Selection in Multi-environment Crop Trials

Helena Oakey, Brian Cullis, Robin Thompson, Jordi Comadran, Claire Halpin, and Robbie Waugh

G3 May 2016 6:1313-1326; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027524

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The SEB-1 Transcription Factor Binds to the STRE Motif in Neurospora crassa and Regulates a Variety of Cellular Processes Including the Stress Response and Reserve Carbohydrate Metabolism

Fernanda Zanolli Freitas, Stela Virgilio, Fernanda Barbosa Cupertino, David John Kowbel, Mariana Fioramonte, Fabio Cesar Gozzo, N. Louise Glass, and Maria Célia Bertolini

G3 May 2016 6:1327-1343; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.028506

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Patterns of Transcriptional Response to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide in Primary Human Monocytes

Silvia N. Kariuki, John D. Blischak, Shigeki Nakagome, David B. Witonsky, and Anna Di Rienzo

G3 May 2016 6:1345-1355; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.028712

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Gene Regulatory Evolution During Speciation in a Songbird

John H. Davidson and Christopher N. Balakrishnan

G3 May 2016 6:1357-1364; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027946

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The HIST1 Locus Escapes Reprogramming in Cloned Bovine Embryos

Byungkuk Min, Sunwha Cho, Jung Sun Park, Kyuheum Jeon, and Yong-Kook Kang

G3 May 2016 6:1365-1371; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.115.026666

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Preparing for Winter: The Transcriptomic Response Associated with Different Day Lengths in Drosophila montana

Darren J. Parker, Michael G. Ritchie, and Maaria Kankare

G3 May 2016 6:1373-1381; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027870

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The Arabidopsis Auxin Receptor F-Box Proteins AFB4 and AFB5 Are Required for Response to the Synthetic Auxin Picloram

Michael J. Prigge, Kathleen Greenham, Yi Zhang, Aaron Santner, Cristina Castillejo, Andrew M. Mutka, Ronan C. O’Malley, Joseph R. Ecker, Barbara N. Kunkel, and Mark Estelle

G3 May 2016 6:1383-1390; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.115.025585

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Multiple Targets on the Gln3 Transcription Activator Are Cumulatively Required for Control of Its Cytoplasmic Sequestration

Rajendra Rai, Jennifer J. Tate, and Terrance G. Cooper

G3 May 2016 6:1391-1408; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027615

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Genetic Background, Maternal Age, and Interaction Effects Mediate Rates of Crossing Over in Drosophila melanogaster Females

Chad M. Hunter, Matthew C. Robinson, David L. Aylor, and Nadia D. Singh

G3 May 2016 6:1409-1416; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027631

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A High-Density SNP Genetic Linkage Map and QTL Analysis of Growth-Related Traits in a Hybrid Family of Oysters (Crassostrea gigas x Crassostrea angulata) Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing

Jinpeng Wang, Li Li, and Guofan Zhang

G3 May 2016 6:1417-1426; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.026971

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Quantitative Assessment of Eye Phenotypes for Functional Genetic Studies Using Drosophila melanogaster

Janani Iyer, Qingyu Wang, Thanh Le, Lucilla Pizzo, Sebastian Grönke, Surendra S. Ambegaokar, Yuzuru Imai, Ashutosh Srivastava, Beatriz Llamusí Troisí, Graeme Mardon, Ruben Artero, George R. Jackson, Adrian M. Isaacs, Linda Partridge, Bingwei Lu, Justin P. Kumar, and Santhosh Girirajan

G3 May 2016 6:1427-1437; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027060

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The Sorghum Gene for Leaf Color Changes upon Wounding (P) Encodes a Flavanone 4-Reductase in the 3-Deoxyanthocyanidin Biosynthesis Pathway

Hiroyuki Kawahigashi, Shigemitsu Kasuga, Yuji Sawada, Jun-ichi Yonemaru, Tsuyu Ando, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Jianzhong Wu, Hiroshi Mizuno, Mitsuru Momma, Zui Fujimoto, Masami Yokota Hirai, and Takashi Matsumoto

G3 May 2016 6:1439-1447; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.115.026104

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Organ Length Control by an ADAMTS Extracellular Protease in Caenorhabditis elegans

Yukimasa Shibata, Yuri Kawakado, Noriyoshi Hori, Kota Tanaka, Ryo Inoue, Tomomi Takano, Yukihiko Kubota, and Kiyoji Nishiwaki

G3 May 2016 6:1449-1457; Early Online March 18, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.028019

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Pollen Killer Gene S35 Function Requires Interaction with an Activator That Maps Close to S24, Another Pollen Killer Gene in Rice

Takahiko Kubo, Atsushi Yoshimura, and Nori Kurata

G3 May 2016 6:1459-1468; Early Online March 22, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.116.027573

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Mutant Screen Reports

Novel Interactome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Myosin Type II Identified by a Modified Integrated Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (iMYTH) Screen

Ednalise Santiago, Pearl Akamine, Jamie Snider, Victoria Wong, Matthew Jessulat, Viktor Deineko, Alla Gagarinova, Hiroyuki Aoki, Zoran Minic, Sadhna Phanse, Andrea San Antonio, Luis A. Cubano, Brian C. Rymond, Mohan Babu, Igor Stagljar, and Jose R. Rodriguez-Medina

G3 May 2016 6:1469-1474; Early Online February 26, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.115.026609

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A Forward Genetic Screen for Molecules Involved in Pheromone-Induced Dauer Formation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Scott J. Neal, JiSoo Park, Danielle DiTirro, Jason Yoon, Mayumi Shibuya, Woochan Choi, Frank C. Schroeder, Rebecca A. Butcher, Kyuhyung Kim, and Piali Sengupta

G3 May 2016 6:1475-1487; Early Online March 14, 2016

doi:10.1534/G3.115.026450

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Corrigendum

G3 May 2016 6:1489; doi:10.1534/G3.116.029256

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