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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
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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