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Meeting Report

Meeting Report on the Challenge of Inference from Genome to Phenome
Bevan Emma Huang, Antonio Reverter, Ian Purvis, and Scott Chapman
G3 October 2015 5:1945-1947; doi:10.1534/g3.115.019182
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Investigations

Endogenous Small RNA Mediates Meiotic Silencing of a Novel DNA Transposon
Yizhou Wang, Kristina M. Smith, John W. Taylor, Michael Freitag, and Jason E. Stajich
G3 October 2015 5:1949-1960; Early Online June 23, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017921
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Down Syndrome-Associated Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Dhanya Ramachandran, Zhen Zeng, Adam E. Locke, Jennifer G. Mulle, Lora J.H. Bean, Tracie C. Rosser, Kenneth J. Dooley, Clifford L. Cua, George T. Capone, Roger H. Reeves, Cheryl L. Maslen, David J. Cutler, Eleanor Feingold, Stephanie L. Sherman, and Michael E. Zwick
G3 October 2015 5:1961-1971; Early Online July 20, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019943
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The Genetics of Resistance to Morinda Fruit Toxin During the Postembryonic Stages in Drosophila sechellia
Yan Huang and Deniz Erezyilmaz
G3 October 2015 5:1973-1981; Early Online July 29, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.114.015073
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Development of a Tightly Controlled Off Switch for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Regulated by Camphor, a Low-Cost Natural Product
Shigehito Ikushima, Yu Zhao, and Jef D. Boeke
G3 October 2015 5:1983-1990; Early Online July 22, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.114.012765
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Comparison of Genomic Selection Models to Predict Flowering Time and Spike Grain Number in Two Hexaploid Wheat Doubled Haploid Populations
Saravanan Thavamanikumar, Rudy Dolferus, and Bala R. Thumma
G3 October 2015 5:1991-1998; Early Online July 22, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019745
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Fingerprinting Soybean Germplasm and Its Utility in Genomic Research
Qijian Song, David L. Hyten, Gaofeng Jia, Charles V. Quigley, Edward W. Fickus, Randall L. Nelson, and Perry B. Cregan
G3 October 2015 5:1999-2006; Early Online July 28, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019000
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Second-Generation Linkage Maps for the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Reveal Errors in Assembly of Genome Scaffolds
Dennis Hedgecock, Grace Shin, Andrew Y. Gracey, David Van Den Berg, and Manoj P. Samanta
G3 October 2015 5:2007-2019; Early Online August 6, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019570
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High-Density Genotypes of Inbred Mouse Strains: Improved Power and Precision of Association Mapping
Christoph D. Rau, Brian Parks, Yibin Wang, Eleazar Eskin, Petr Simecek, Gary A. Churchill, and Aldons J. Lusis
G3 October 2015 5:2021-2026; Early Online July 28, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.020784
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GC-Content of Synonymous Codons Profoundly Influences Amino Acid Usage
Jing Li, Jun Zhou, Ying Wu, Sihai Yang, and Dacheng Tian
G3 October 2015 5:2027-2036; Early Online August 6, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019877
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Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis Identifies Loci for Physical Appearance Traits in Chickens
Yanfa Sun, Ranran Liu, Guiping Zhao, Maiqing Zheng, Yan Sun, Xiaoqiong Yu, Peng Li, and Jie Wen
G3 October 2015 5:2037-2041; Early Online August 6, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.020883
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A Tool Set for the Genome-Wide Analysis of Neurospora crassa by RT-PCR
Jennifer H. Hurley, Arko Dasgupta, Peter Andrews, Alexander M. Crowell, Carol Ringelberg, Jennifer J. Loros, and Jay C. Dunlap
G3 October 2015 5:2043-2049; Early Online August 6, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019141
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Splicing Machinery Facilitates Post-Transcriptional Regulation by FBFs and Other RNA-Binding Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans Germline
Preston Novak, Xiaobo Wang, Mary Ellenbecker, Sara Feilzer, and Ekaterina Voronina
G3 October 2015 5:2051-2059; Early Online August 11, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019315
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Analysis of Circadian Rhythms in the Basal Filamentous Ascomycete Pyronema confluens
Stefanie Traeger and Minou Nowrousian
G3 October 2015 5:2061-2071; Early Online August 7, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.020461
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Ensemble Learning of QTL Models Improves Prediction of Complex Traits
Yang Bian and James B. Holland
G3 October 2015 5:2073-2084; Early Online August 13, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021121
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Using Targeted Resequencing for Identification of Candidate Genes and SNPs for a QTL Affecting the pH Value of Chicken Meat
Xidan Li, Xiaodong Liu, Javad Nadaf, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Cécile Berri, Ian Dunn, Richard Talbot, and Dirk-Jan De Koning
G3 October 2015 5:2085-2089; Early Online August 14, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.020552
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Related Genes in Yellow Catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco: Molecular Characterization, Tissue Expression, and Expression Responses to Dietary Copper Deficiency and Excess
Yu-Feng Song, Zhi Luo, Chao Huang, Qi-Liang Chen, Ya–Xiong Pan, and Yi-Huan Xu
G3 October 2015 5:2091-2104; Early Online August 13, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019950
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A Flippase-Mediated GAL80/GAL4 Intersectional Resource for Dissecting Appendage Development in Drosophila
Brittany N. Smith, Arash M. Ghazanfari, Rudolf A. Bohm, William P. Welch, Bing Zhang, and John P. Masly
G3 October 2015 5:2105-2112; Early Online August 13, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019810
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Genomic-Enabled Prediction of Ordinal Data with Bayesian Logistic Ordinal Regression
Osval A. Montesinos-López, Abelardo Montesinos-López, José Crossa, Juan Burgueño, and Kent Eskridge
G3 October 2015 5:2113-2126; Early Online August 18, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021154
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Developmental Transcriptome for a Facultatively Eusocial Bee, Megalopta genalis
Beryl M. Jones, William T. Wcislo, and Gene E. Robinson
G3 October 2015 5:2127-2135; Early Online August 14, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021261
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SUMO-Enriched Proteome for Drosophila Innate Immune Response
Mithila Handu, Bhagyashree Kaduskar, Ramya Ravindranathan, Amarendranath Soory, Ritika Giri, Vijay Barathi Elango, Harsha Gowda, and Girish S. Ratnaparkhi
G3 October 2015 5:2137-2154; Early Online August 18, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.020958
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A Genomic Selection Index Applied to Simulated and Real Data
J. Jesus Ceron-Rojas, José Crossa, Vivi N. Arief, Kaye Basford, Jessica Rutkoski, Diego Jarquín, Gregorio Alvarado, Yoseph Beyene, Kassa Semagn, and Ian DeLacy
G3 October 2015 5:2155-2164; Early Online August 18, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019869
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Similar Efficacies of Selection Shape Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes in Both Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens
Brandon S. Cooper, Chad R. Burrus, Chao Ji, Matthew W. Hahn, and Kristi L. Montooth
G3 October 2015 5:2165-2176; Early Online August 21, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.114.016493
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Identification and Correction of Sample Mix-Ups in Expression Genetic Data: A Case Study
Karl W. Broman, Mark P. Keller, Aimee Teo Broman, Christina Kendziorski, Brian S. Yandell, Saunak Sen, and Alan D. Attie
G3 October 2015 5:2177-2186; Early Online August 19, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019778
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Genetic Networks Required to Coordinate Chromosome Replication by DNA Polymerases α, δ, and ε in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Marion Dubarry, Conor Lawless, A. Peter Banks, Simon Cockell, and David Lydall
G3 October 2015 5:2187-2197; Early Online August 21, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021493
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Selection Against Maternal microRNA Target Sites in Maternal Transcripts
Antonio Marco
G3 October 2015 5:2199-2207; Early Online August 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019497
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Mutant Screen Report

A Forward Genetic Screen for Suppressors of Somatic P Granules in Caenorhabditis elegans
Ashley L. Kelly, Michael J. Senter-Zapata, Anne C. Campbell, Hannah E. Lust, Monique E. Theriault, Karolina M. Andralojc, and Dustin L. Updike
G3 October 2015 5:2209-2215; Early Online June 22, 2015,doi:>10.1534/g3.115.019257
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Corrigendum

Corrigendum
G3 October 2015 5:2217; doi:10.1534/g3.115.020917
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