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Investigations

Genomic Regions Associated with Tolerance to Freezing Stress and Snow Mold in Winter Wheat

Erika B. Kruse, Scott W. Carle, Nuan Wen, Daniel Z. Skinner, Timothy D. Murray, Kimberly A. Garland-Campbell, Arron H. Carter

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 775-780;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037622

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Single-Molecule Sequencing of the Drosophila serrata Genome

Scott L. Allen, Emily K. Delaney, Artyom Kopp, Stephen F. Chenoweth

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 781-788;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037598

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Mutants for Drosophila Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 3b Are Defective in Mitochondrial Function and Larval Cell Death

Dianne M. Duncan, Paula Kiefel, Ian Duncan

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 789-799;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037366

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Persistency of Prediction Accuracy and Genetic Gain in Synthetic Populations Under Recurrent Genomic Selection

Dominik Müller, Pascal Schopp, Albrecht E. Melchinger

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 801-811;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036582

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Novel Resampling Improves Statistical Power for Multiple-Trait QTL Mapping

Riyan Cheng, R. W. Doerge, Justin Borevitz

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 813-822;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037531

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Cytoplasmic–Nuclear Incompatibility Between Wild Isolates of Caenorhabditis nouraguensis

Piero Lamelza, Michael Ailion

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 823-834;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037101

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Genetics and Adaptation of Soybean Cyst Nematode to Broad Spectrum Soybean Resistance

Michael Gardner, Robert Heinz, Jianying Wang, Melissa G. Mitchum

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 835-841;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.035964

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Linkage Mapping and Comparative Genomics of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Christopher M. Hollenbeck, David S. Portnoy, Dana Wetzel, Tracy A. Sherwood, Paul B. Samollow, John R. Gold

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 843-850;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036350

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SHH Protein Variance in the Limb Bud Is Constrained by Feedback Regulation and Correlates with Altered Digit Patterning

Rui Zhang, Chanmi Lee, Lisa Y. Lawson, Lillian J. Svete, Lauren M. McIntyre, Brian D. Harfe

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 851-858;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.033019

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Lack of Association of CD55 Receptor Genetic Variants and Severe Malaria in Ghanaian Children

Kathrin Schuldt, Christa Ehmen, Juergen Sievertsen, Jennifer Evans, Juergen May, Daniel Ansong, Birgit Muntau, Gerd Ruge, Christian Timmann, Tsiri Agbenyega, Rolf D. Horstmann, Thorsten Thye

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 859-864;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036475

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Genetic Dissection of a QTL Affecting Bone Geometry

Olivia L. Sabik, Juan F. Medrano, Charles R. Farber

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 865-870;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037424

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De Novo Transcriptome Characterization of a Sterilizing Trematode Parasite (Microphallus sp.) from Two Species of New Zealand Snails

Laura Bankers, Maurine Neiman

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 871-880;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037275

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Adapting Genotyping-by-Sequencing for Rice F2 Populations

Tomoyuki Furuta, Motoyuki Ashikari, Kshirod K. Jena, Kazuyuki Doi, Stefan Reuscher

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 881-893;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038190

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Predicted Residual Error Sum of Squares of Mixed Models: An Application for Genomic Prediction

Shizhong Xu

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 895-909;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038059

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Functional Analysis of Kinases and Transcription Factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using an Integrated Overexpression Library

Ji-Young Youn, Helena Friesen, Alex N. Nguyen Ba, Wendy Liang, Vincent Messier, Mike J. Cox, Alan M. Moses, Brenda Andrews

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 911-921;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038471

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CRISPR-Cas-Induced Mutants Identify a Requirement for dSTIM in Larval Dopaminergic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster

Trayambak Pathak, Deepti Trivedi, Gaiti Hasan

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 923-933;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038539

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Single-Step BLUP with Varying Genotyping Effort in Open-Pollinated Picea glauca

Blaise Ratcliffe, Omnia Gamal El-Dien, Eduardo P. Cappa, Ilga Porth, Jaroslav Klápšte, Charles Chen, Yousry A. El-Kassaby

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 935-942;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037895

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Reproduction and In-Depth Evaluation of Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genome-Wide Meta-analyses Using Summary Statistics

Yao-Fang Niu, Chengyin Ye, Ji He, Fang Han, Long-Biao Guo, Hou-Feng Zheng, Guo-Bo Chen

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 943-952;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038877

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Genome-Wide Analysis of lncRNA and mRNA Expression During Differentiation of Abdominal Preadipocytes in the Chicken

Tao Zhang, Xiangqian Zhang, Kunpeng Han, Genxi Zhang, Jinyu Wang, Kaizhou Xie, Qian Xue

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 953-966;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037069

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The Impact of Selection at the Amino Acid Level on the Usage of Synonymous Codons

Pawel Blazej, Dorota Mackiewicz, Malgorzata Wnetrzak, Pawel Mackiewicz

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 967-981;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038125

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Identification of Unannotated Small Genes in Salmonella

Jonghwan Baek, Jiyoung Lee, Kihoon Yoon, Hyunwoo Lee

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 983-989;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.036939

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Regulators of Lysosome Function and Dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans

Kevin Gee, Danniel Zamora, Teresa Horm, Laeth George, Cameron Upchurch, Justin Randall, Colby Weaver, Caitlin Sanford, Austin Miller, Sebastian Hernandez, Hope Dang, Hanna Fares

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 991-1000;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037515

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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cdk8 Mediator Represses AQY1 Transcription by Inhibiting Set1p-Dependent Histone Methylation

Michael J. Law, Michael A. Finger

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1001-1010;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039586

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Cellular Proteomes Drive Tissue-Specific Regulation of the Heat Shock Response

Jian Ma, Christopher E. Grant, Rosemary N. Plagens, Lindsey N. Barrett, Karen S. Kim Guisbert, Eric Guisbert

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1011-1018;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038232

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Allelic Dropout During Polymerase Chain Reaction due to G-Quadruplex Structures and DNA Methylation Is Widespread at Imprinted Human Loci

Aaron J. Stevens, Millie G. Taylor, Frederick Grant Pearce, Martin A. Kennedy

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1019-1025;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.038687

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A Temporal Perspective on the Interplay of Demography and Selection on Deleterious Variation in Humans

Evan Koch, John Novembre

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1027-1037;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039651

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae FLO1 Gene Demonstrates Genetic Linkage to Increased Fermentation Rate at Low Temperatures

Rebecca C. Deed, Bruno Fedrizzi, Richard C. Gardner

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1039-1048;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.037630

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Differential Regulation of Cyclin E by Yorkie-Scalloped Signaling in Organ Development

Zhiqiang Shu, Wu-Min Deng

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics March 2017, 7: 1049-1060;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.039065

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