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Perspectives

Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives

Amanda Warr, Christelle Robert, David Hume, Alan Archibald, Nader Deeb, and Mick Watson

G3 August 2015 5:1543-1550; Early Online July 2, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018564

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Investigations

Identification of Wnt Pathway Target Genes Regulating the Division and Differentiation of Larval Seam Cells and Vulval Precursor Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans

Lakshmi Gorrepati, Michael W. Krause, Weiping Chen, Thomas M. Brodigan, Margarita Correa-Mendez, and David M. Eisenmann

G3 August 2015 5:1551-1566; Early Online June 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017715

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SDN-1/Syndecan Acts in Parallel to the Transmembrane Molecule MIG-13 to Promote Anterior Neuroblast Migration

Lakshmi Sundararajan, Megan L. Norris, and Erik A. Lundquist

G3 August 2015 5:1567-1574; Early Online May 28, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018770

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Accuracy of Predicted Genomic Breeding Values in Purebred and Crossbred Pigs

André M. Hidalgo, John W. M. Bastiaansen, Marcos S. Lopes, Barbara Harlizius, Martien A. M. Groenen, and Dirk-Jan de Koning

G3 August 2015 5:1575-1583; Early Online May 26, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018119

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The Wukong Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposon in Miniature (TRIM) Elements in Diverse Maize Germplasm

Zhen Liu, Xinxin Li, Tingzhang Wang, Joachim Messing, and Jian-Hong Xu

G3 August 2015 5:1585-1592; Early Online May 26, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018317

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Shared Genomic Regions Between Derivatives of a Large Segregating Population of Maize Identified Using Bulked Segregant Analysis Sequencing and Traditional Linkage Analysis

Nicholas J. Haase, Timothy Beissinger, Candice N. Hirsch, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Shweta Deshpande, Kerrie Barry, C. Robin Buell, Shawn M. Kaeppler, and Natalia de Leon

G3 August 2015 5:1593-1602; Early Online June 1, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017665

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Using Bayesian Multilevel Whole Genome Regression Models for Partial Pooling of Training Sets in Genomic Prediction

Frank Technow and L. Radu Totir

G3 August 2015 5:1603-1612; Early Online May 29, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019299

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Nested Levels of Adaptive Divergence: The Genetic Basis of Craniofacial Divergence and Ecological Sexual Dimorphism

Kevin J. Parsons, Jason Wang, Graeme Anderson and R. Craig Albertson

G3 August 2015 5:1613-1624; Early Online June 1, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018226

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GATA Factor Regulation in Excess Nitrogen Occurs Independently of Gtr-Ego Complex-Dependent TorC1 Activation

Jennifer J. Tate, Isabelle Georis, Rajendra Rai, Fabienne Vierendeels, Evelyne Dubois, and Terrance G. Cooper

G3 August 2015 5:1625-1638; Early Online May 29, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019307

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A Mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans NDUF-7 Activates the Mitochondrial Stress Response and Prolongs Lifespan via ROS and CED-4

Manish Rauthan, Parmida Ranji, Ragda Abukar, and Marc Pilon

G3 August 2015 5:1639-1648; Early Online June 1, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018598

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CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans: Evaluation of Templates for Homology-Mediated Repair and Knock-Ins by Homology-Independent DNA Repair

Iskra Katic, Lan Xu, and Rafal Ciosk

G3 August 2015 5:1649-1656; Early Online June 3, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019273

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A Search for Parent-of-Origin Effects on Honey Bee Gene Expression

Sarah D. Kocher, Jennifer M. Tsuruda, Joshua D. Gibson, Christine M. Emore, Miguel E. Arechavaleta-Velasco, David C. Queller, Joan E. Strassmann, Christina M. Grozinger, Michael R. Gribskov, Phillip San Miguel, Rick Westerman, and Greg J. Hunt

G3 August 2015 5:1657-1662; Early Online June 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017814

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Evidence for a Common Origin of Homomorphic and Heteromorphic Sex Chromosomes in Distinct Spinacia Species

Satoshi Fujito, Satoshi Takahata, Reimi Suzuki, Yoichiro Hoshino, Nobuko Ohmido, and Yasuyuki Onodera

G3 August 2015 5:1663-1673; Early Online June 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018671

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PUF-8 Functions Redundantly with GLD-1 to Promote the Meiotic Progression of Spermatocytes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Agarwal Priti and Kuppuswamy Subramaniam

G3 August 2015 5:1675-1684; Early Online June 10, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019521

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A Consensus Genetic Map for Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii and Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium in Two Genotype-Phenotype Discovery Populations of Pinus taeda

Jared W. Westbrook, Vikram E. Chhatre, Le-Shin Wu, Srikar Chamala, Leandro Gomide Neves, Patricio Muñoz, Pedro J. Martínez-García, David B. Neale, Matias Kirst, Keithanne Mockaitis, C. Dana Nelson, Gary F. Peter, John M. Davis, and Craig S. Echt

G3 August 2015 5:1685-1694; Early Online June 11, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019588

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Linkage Disequilibrium and Inversion-Typing of the Drosophila melanogaster Genome Reference Panel

David Houle and Eladio J. Márquez

G3 August 2015 5:1695-1701; Early Online June 10, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019554

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Differential pre-mRNA Splicing Alters the Transcript Diversity of Helitrons Between the Maize Inbred Lines

Brian T. Lynch, Tara L. Patrick, Jennifer J. Moreno, Amy E. Siebert, Katarina M. Klusman, Donya N. Shodja, L. Curtis Hannah, and Shailesh K. Lal

G3 August 2015 5:1703-1711; Early Online June 12, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018630

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Chromatin Signature Identifies Monoallelic Gene Expression Across Mammalian Cell Types

Anwesha Nag, Sébastien Vigneau, Virginia Savova, Lillian M. Zwemer, and Alexander A. Gimelbrant

G3 August 2015 5:1713-1720; Early Online June 18, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018853

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Gene Model Annotations for Drosophila melanogaster: Impact of High-Throughput Data

Beverley B. Matthews, Gilberto dos Santos, Madeline A. Crosby, David B. Emmert, Susan E. St. Pierre, L. Sian Gramates, Pinglei Zhou, Andrew J. Schroeder, Kathleen Falls, Victor Strelets, Susan M. Russo, William M. Gelbart, and the FlyBase Consortium

G3 August 2015 5:1721-1736; Early Online June 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018929

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Gene Model Annotations for Drosophila melanogaster: The Rule-Benders

Madeline A. Crosby, L. Sian Gramates, Gilberto dos Santos, Beverley B. Matthews, Susan E. St. Pierre, Pinglei Zhou, Andrew J. Schroeder, Kathleen Falls, David B. Emmert, Susan M. Russo, William M. Gelbart, and the FlyBase Consortium

G3 August 2015 5:1737-1749; Early Online June 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018937

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On the Mechanism of Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

David Lee Steakley and Jasper Rine

G3 August 2015 5:1751-1763; Early Online June 16, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018515

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Comparative Evolution of Duplicated Ddx3 Genes in Teleosts: Insights from Japanese Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

Zhongkai Wang, Wei Liu, Huayu Song, Huizhen Wang, Jinxiang Liu, Haitao Zhao, Xinxin Du, and Quanqi Zhang

G3 August 2015 5:1765-1773; Early Online June 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018911

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Whole-Exome Sequencing and Targeted Copy Number Analysis in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Christian R. Marshall, Stephen W. Scherer, Maimoona A. Zariwala, Lynette Lau, Tara A. Paton, Tracy Stockley, Rebekah K. Jobling, Peter N. Ray, Michael R. Knowles, FORGE Canada Consortium, David A. Hall, Sharon D. Dell, and Raymond H. Kim

G3 August 2015 5:1775-1781; Early Online July 2, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019851

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Mutant Screen Report

A Genetic Screen for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutants That Fail to Enter Quiescence

Lihong Li, Shawna Miles, and Linda L. Breeden

G3 August 2015 5:1783-1795; Early Online June 10, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019091

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