Check out the November issue of G3!
Table of Contents
Investigations
Genomic Prediction of Single Crosses in the Early Stages of a Maize Hybrid Breeding Pipeline
Dnyaneshwar C. Kadam, Sarah M. Potts, Martin O. Bohn, Alexander E. Lipka, and Aaron J. Lorenz
G3 November 2016 6:3443-3453; Early Online September 19, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.031286
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Proper Sterol Distribution Is Required for Candida albicans Hyphal Formation and Virulence
Paula McCourt, Hsing-Yin Liu, Josie E. Parker, Christina Gallo-Ebert, Melissa Donigan, Adam Bata, Caroline Giordano, Steven L. Kelly, and Joseph T. Nickels, Jr
G3 November 2016 6:3455-3465; Early Online August 31, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033969
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Depletion of Shine-Dalgarno Sequences Within Bacterial Coding Regions Is Expression Dependent
Chuyue Yang, Adam J. Hockenberry, Michael C. Jewett, and Luís A. N. Amaral
G3 November 2016 6:3467-3474; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032227
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Multiple Transcript Properties Related to Translation Affect mRNA Degradation Rates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Benjamin Neymotin, Victoria Ettorre, and David Gresham
G3 November 2016 6:3475-3483; Early Online September 15, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032276
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First Draft Assembly and Annotation of the Genome of a California Endemic Oak Quercus lobata Née (Fagaceae)
Victoria L. Sork, Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon, Daniela Puiu, Marc Crepeau, Paul F. Gugger, Rachel Sherman, Kristian Stevens, Charles H. Langley, Matteo Pellegrini, and Steven L. Salzberg
G3 November 2016 6:3485-3495; Early Online September 12, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.030411
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Marker-Based Estimates Reveal Significant Nonadditive Effects in Clonally Propagated Cassava (Manihot esculenta): Implications for the Prediction of Total Genetic Value and the Selection of Varieties
Marnin D. Wolfe, Peter Kulakow, Ismail Y. Rabbi, and Jean-Luc Jannink
G3 November 2016 6:3497-3506; Early Online August 31, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033332
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Suitability of Different Mapping Algorithms for Genome-Wide Polymorphism Scans with Pool-Seq Data
Robert Kofler, Anna Maria Langmüller, Pierre Nouhaud, Kathrin Anna Otte, and Christian Schlötterer
G3 November 2016 6:3507-3515; Early Online September 9, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034488
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A Pedigree-Based Map of Recombination in the Domestic Dog Genome
Christopher L. Campbell, Claude Bhérer, Bernice E. Morrow, Adam R. Boyko, and Adam Auton
G3 November 2016 6:3517-3524; Early Online September 2, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034678
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Effect of Two Lipoprotein (a)-Associated Genetic Variants on Plasminogen Levels and Fibrinolysis
Hong Wang, Chan E. Hong, Joshua P. Lewis, Yanbei Zhu, Xing Wang, Xin Chu, Joshua Backman, Ziying Hu, Peixin Yang, Christopher D. Still, Glenn S. Gerhard, and Mao Fu
G3 November 2016 6:3525-3532; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034702
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Cell Survival Signaling Requires Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis
Matt Crook, Awani Upadhyay, Liyana J. Ido, and Wendy Hanna-Rose
G3 November 2016 6:3533-3540; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034850
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The Smaug RNA-Binding Protein Is Essential for microRNA Synthesis During the Drosophila Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition
Hua Luo, Xiao Li, Julie M. Claycomb, and Howard D. Lipshitz
G3 November 2016 6:3541-3551; Early Online September 2, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034199
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Temporal Expression of a Master Regulator Drives Synchronous Sporulation in Budding Yeast
Minghao Chia and Folkert J. van Werven
G3 November 2016 6:3553-3560; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034983
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The Genetic Basis of Upland/Lowland Ecotype Divergence in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Elizabeth R. Milano, David B. Lowry, and Thomas E. Juenger
G3 November 2016 6:3561-3570; Early Online September 9, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032763
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Genome Sequencing of Chromosome 1 Substitution Lines Derived from Chinese Wild Mice Revealed a Unique Resource for Genetic Studies of Complex Traits
Fuyi Xu, Tianzhu Chao, Yingming Liang, Kai Li, Shixian Hu, Maochun Wang, Yuxun Zhou, Hongyan Xu, and Junhua Xiao
G3 November 2016 6:3571-3580; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033902
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Divergent DNA Methylation Provides Insights into the Evolution of Duplicate Genes in Zebrafish
Zaixuan Zhong, Kang Du, Qian Yu, Yong E. Zhang, and Shunping He
G3 November 2016 6:3581-3591; Early Online September 19, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032243
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Predictive Model and Software for Inbreeding-Purging Analysis of Pedigreed Populations
Aurora García-Dorado, Jinliang Wang, and Eugenio López-Cortegano
G3 November 2016 6:3593-3601; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032425
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Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analysis Provide Insights Into the Cold Adaptation Mechanism of the Obligate Psychrophilic Fungus Mrakia psychrophila
Yao Su, Xianzhi Jiang, Wenping Wu, Manman Wang, M. Imran Hamid, Meichun Xiang, and Xingzhong Liu
G3 November 2016 6:3603-3613; Early Online September 15, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033308
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals that Vitamin A Metabolism in the Liver Affects Feed Efficiency in Pigs
Yunxia Zhao, Ye Hou, Fei Liu, An Liu, Lu Jing, Changzhi Zhao, Yu Luan, Yuanxin Miao, Shuhong Zhao, and Xinyun Li
G3 November 2016 6:3615-3624; Early Online September 15, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.032839
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Sequential Turnovers of Sex Chromosomes in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) Suggest Some Genomic Regions Are Good at Sex Determination
Benjamin L. S. Furman and Ben J. Evans
G3 November 2016 6:3625-3633; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033423
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Advances in Understanding Mating Type Gene Organization in the Mushroom-Forming Fungus Flammulina velutipes
Wei Wang, Lingdan Lian, Ping Xu, Tiansheng Chou, Irum Mukhtar, Aron Osakina, Muhammad Waqas, Bingzhi Chen, Xinrui Liu, Fang Liu, Baogui Xie, and Arend F. van Peer
G3 November 2016 6:3635-3645; Early Online September 12, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034637
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Simple and Efficient Targeting of Multiple Genes Through CRISPR-Cas9 in Physcomitrella patens
Mauricio Lopez-Obando, Beate Hoffmann, Carine Géry, Anouchka Guyon-Debast, Evelyne Téoulé, Catherine Rameau, Sandrine Bonhomme, and Fabien Nogué
G3 November 2016 6:3647-3653; Early Online September 9, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033266
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In Silico Whole Genome Sequencer and Analyzer (iWGS): a Computational Pipeline to Guide the Design and Analysis of de novo Genome Sequencing Studies
Xiaofan Zhou, David Peris, Jacek Kominek, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Chris Todd Hittinger, and Antonis Rokas
G3 November 2016 6:3655-3662; Early Online September 16, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034249
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Determinants in the LIN-12/Notch Intracellular Domain That Govern Its Activity and Stability During Caenorhabditis elegans Vulval Development
Yuting Deng and Iva Greenwald
G3 November 2016 6:3663-3670; Early Online September 19, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034363
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Transcriptome Profiling in Rat Inbred Strains and Experimental Cross Reveals Discrepant Genetic Architecture of Genome-Wide Gene Expression
Pamela J. Kaisaki, Georg W. Otto, Karène Argoud, Stephan C. Collins, Robert H. Wallis, Steven P. Wilder, Anthony C. Y. Yau, Christophe Hue, Sophie Calderari, Marie-Thérèse Bihoreau, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Richard Mott, and Dominique Gauguier
G3 November 2016 6:3671-3683; Early Online September 19, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033274
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Non-Mendelian Dominant Maternal Effects Caused by CRISPR/Cas9 Transgenic Components in Drosophila melanogaster
Chun-Chieh Lin and Christopher J. Potter
G3 November 2016 6:3685-3691; Early Online September 16, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034884
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Genomic Prediction of Resistance to Pasteurellosis in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Using 2b-RAD Sequencing
Christos Palaiokostas, Serena Ferraresso, Rafaella Franch, Ross D. Houston, and Luca Bargelloni
G3 November 2016 6:3693-3700; Early Online September 21, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.035220
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Extensive Epigenetic Changes Accompany Terminal Differentiation of Mouse Hepatocytes After Birth
Matthew V. Cannon, Genay Pilarowski, Xiuli Liu, and David Serre
G3 November 2016 6:3701-3709; Early Online September 21, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034785
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Distinct and Overlapping Requirements for Cyclins A, B, and B3 in Drosophila Female Meiosis
Mohammed Bourouh, Rajdeep Dhaliwal, Ketki Rana, Sucheta Sinha, Zhihao Guo, and Andrew Swan
G3 November 2016 6:3711-3724; Early Online September 21, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.033050
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The Selective Maintenance of Allelic Variation Under Generalized Dominance
Hamish G. Spencer and Cuilodair Mitchell
G3 November 2016 6:3725-3732; Early Online September 21, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.028076
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Improvement of Predictive Ability by Uniform Coverage of the Target Genetic Space
Daniela Bustos-Korts, Marcos Malosetti, Scott Chapman, Ben Biddulph, and Fred van Eeuwijk
G3 November 2016 6:3733-3747; Early Online September 26, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.035410
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A Simplified Strategy for Introducing Genetic Variants into Drosophila Compound Autosome Stocks
William D. Gilliland, Dennis P. May, Eileen M. Colwell, and James A. Kennison
G3 November 2016 6:3749-3755; Early Online September 26, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.035634
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Mutant Screen Report
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing and Mutagenesis of EcChi4 in Exopalaemon carinicauda
Tianshu Gui, Jiquan Zhang, Fengge Song, Yuying Sun, Shijun Xie, Kuijie Yu, and Jianhai Xiang
G3 November 2016 6:3757-3764; Early Online September 7, 2016
doi:10.1534/g3.116.034082
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