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Table of Contents

Mutant Screen Report

Identification of Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that Are Haploinsufficient for Overcoming Amino Acid Starvation

Nancy S. Bae, Andrew P. Seberg, Leslie P. Carroll, Mark J. Swanson

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1061-1084;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037416

Investigations

A Whole-Transcriptome Approach to Evaluating Reference Genes for Quantitative Gene Expression Studies: A Case Study in Mimulus

Kimmy A. Stanton, Patrick P. Edger, Joshua R. Puzey, Taliesin Kinser, Philip Cheng, Daniel M. Vernon, Nancy R. Forsthoefel, Arielle M. Cooley

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1085-1095;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038075

Triploid Production from Interspecific Crosses of Two Diploid Perennial Helianthus with Diploid Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Zhao Liu, Gerald J. Seiler, Thomas J. Gulya, Jiuhuan Feng, Khalid Y. Rashid, Xiwen Cai, Chao-Chien Jan

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1097-1108;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036327

Resistance to Multiple Soil-Borne Pathogens of the Pacific Northwest, USA Is Colocated in a Wheat Recombinant Inbred Line Population

Alison L. Thompson, Aaron K. Mahoney, Richard W. Smiley, Timothy C. Paulitz, Scot Hulbert, Kim Garland-Campbell

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1109-1116;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038604

Variants of the Sir4 Coiled-Coil Domain Improve Binding to Sir3 for Heterochromatin Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Anke Samel, Adam Rudner, Ann E. Ehrenhofer-Murray

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1117-1126;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037739

Comparative Transcriptomics of Malaria Mosquito Testes: Function, Evolution, and Linkage

Bryan J. Cassone, Raissa G. G. Kay, Matthew P. Daugherty, Bradley J. White

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1127-1136;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.040089

Natural Genetic Variation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Natalia Martin, Jogender Singh, Alejandro Aballay

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1137-1147;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039057

The Nuclear Cap-Binding Complex Mediates Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired DNA

Logan M. Decker, Hua Xiao, Erin C. Boone, Michael M. Vierling, Benjamin S. Shanker, Shanika L. Kingston, Shannon F. Boone, Jackson B. Haynes, Patrick K.T. Shiu

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1149-1155;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038679

Genetic Analysis of Teosinte Alleles for Kernel Composition Traits in Maize

Avinash Karn, Jason D. Gillman, Sherry A. Flint-Garcia

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1157-1164;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039529

A Population Genomics Approach to Assessing the Genetic Basis of Within-Host Microevolution Underlying Recurrent Cryptococcal Meningitis Infection

Johanna Rhodes, Mathew A. Beale, Mathieu Vanhove, Joseph N. Jarvis, Shichina Kannambath, John A. Simpson, Anthea Ryan, Graeme Meintjes, Thomas S. Harrison, Matthew C. Fisher, Tihana Bicanic

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1165-1176;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037499

Construction of a High-Density American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) Composite Map Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing for Multi-pedigree Linkage Mapping

Brandon Schlautman, Giovanny Covarrubias-Pazaran, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Massimo Iorizzo, James Polashock, Edward Grygleski, Nicholi Vorsa, Juan Zalapa

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1177-1189;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037556

Human Cell Assays for Synthesis-Dependent Strand Annealing and Crossing over During Double-Strand Break Repair

Grzegorz Zapotoczny, Jeff Sekelsky

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1191-1199;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037390

Unstable Inheritance of 45S rRNA Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Fernando A. Rabanal, Viktoria Nizhynska, Terezie Mandáková, Polina Yu. Novikova, Martin A. Lysak, Richard Mott, Magnus Nordborg

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1201-1209;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.040204

Revisiting Suppression of Interspecies Hybrid Male Lethality in Caenorhabditis Nematodes

Lauren E. Ryan, Eric S. Haag

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1211-1214;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039479

An Induced Chromosomal Translocation in Soybean Disrupts a KASI Ortholog and Is Associated with a High-Sucrose and Low-Oil Seed Phenotype

Austin A. Dobbels, Jean-Michel Michno, Benjamin W. Campbell, Kamaldeep S. Virdi, Adrian O. Stec, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Seth L. Naeve, Robert M. Stupar

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1215-1223;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038596

Evolution of Gene Expression Balance Among Homeologs of Natural Polyploids

Jasdeep S. Mutti, Ramanjot K. Bhullar, Kulvinder S. Gill

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1225-1237;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038711

The Pivotal Role of Protein Phosphorylation in the Control of Yeast Central Metabolism

Panayotis Vlastaridis, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Anargyros Chaliotis, Efstratios Stratikos, Stephen G. Oliver, Grigorios D. Amoutzias

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1239-1249;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037218

Genome-Wide Screen Reveals sec21 Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Are Methotrexate-Resistant

Lai H. Wong, Stephane Flibotte, Sunita Sinha, Jennifer Chiang, Guri Giaever, Corey Nislow

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1251-1257;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038117

Unconventional Recombination in the Mating Type Locus of Heterothallic Apple Canker Pathogen Valsa mali

Zhiyuan Yin, Xiwang Ke, Zhengpeng Li, Jiliang Chen, Xiaoning Gao, Lili Huang

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1259-1265;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037853

Genetic Adaptation of Schizothoracine Fish to the Phased Uplifting of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Dongsheng Zhang, Mengchao Yu, Peng Hu, Sihua Peng, Yimeng Liu, Weiwen Li, Congcong Wang, Shunping He, Wanying Zhai, Qianghua Xu, Liangbiao Chen

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1267-1276;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038406

Automated Phenotyping Indicates Pupal Size in Drosophila Is a Highly Heritable Trait with an Apparent Polygenic Basis

R. Guy Reeves, Diethard Tautz

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1277-1286;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039883

Independent Maternal and Fetal Genetic Effects on Midgestational Circulating Levels of Environmental Pollutants

Michela Traglia, Lisa A. Croen, Kristen Lyall, Gayle C. Windham, Marty Kharrazi, Gerald N. DeLorenze, Anthony R. Torres, Lauren A. Weiss

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1287-1299;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039784

Genomic Data Quality Impacts Automated Detection of Lateral Gene Transfer in Fungi

Pierre-Yves Dupont, Murray P. Cox

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1301-1314;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038448

A Nonsense Variant in the ST14 Gene in Akhal-Teke Horses with Naked Foal Syndrome

Anina Bauer, Theresa Hiemesch, Vidhya Jagannathan, Markus Neuditschko, Iris Bachmann, Stefan Rieder, Sofia Mikko, M. Cecilia Penedo, Nadja Tarasova, Martina Vitková, Nicolò Sirtori, Paola Roccabianca, Tosso Leeb, Monika M. Welle

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1315-1321;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039511

Planar Cell Polarity Effector Fritz Interacts with Dishevelled and Has Multiple Functions in Regulating PCP

Ying Wang, Victor F. Naturale, Paul N. Adler

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1323-1337;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038695

Genetic and Transgenic Reagents for Drosophila simulans, D. mauritiana, D. yakuba, D. santomea, and D. virilis

David L. Stern, Justin Crocker, Yun Ding, Nicolas Frankel, Gretchen Kappes, Elizabeth Kim, Ryan Kuzmickas, Andrew Lemire, Joshua D. Mast, Serge Picard

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1339-1347;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038885

Time-Variant Genetic Effects as a Cause for Preterm Birth: Insights from a Population of Maternal Cousins in Sweden

Julius Juodakis, Jonas Bacelis, Ge Zhang, Louis J. Muglia, Bo Jacobsson

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1349-1356;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038612

pnp4a Is the Causal Gene of the Medaka Iridophore Mutant guanineless

Tetsuaki Kimura, Yusuke Takehana, Kiyoshi Naruse

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1357-1363;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.040675

A Dense Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Linkage Map Reveals Recent Chromosomal Rearrangements in the Salmo Genus and the Impact of Selection on Linked Neutral Diversity

Maeva Leitwein, Bruno Guinand, Juliette Pouzadoux, Erick Desmarais, Patrick Berrebi, Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1365-1376;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038497

Genotype Imputation To Improve the Cost-Efficiency of Genomic Selection in Farmed Atlantic Salmon

Hsin-Yuan Tsai, Oswald Matika, Stefan McKinnon Edwards, Roberto Antolín–Sánchez, Alastair Hamilton, Derrick R. Guy, Alan E. Tinch, Karim Gharbi, Michael J. Stear, John B. Taggart, James E. Bron, John M. Hickey, Ross D. Houston

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics April 2017 7: 1377-1383;

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.040717

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