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INVESTIGATIONS
Multiple Conserved Heteroplasmic Sites in tRNA Genes in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Terrestrial Isopods (Oniscidea)
Christopher H. Chandler, Myriam Badawi, Bouziane Moumen, Pierre Grève, and Richard Cordaux
G3 July 2015 5:1317-1322; Early Online April 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018283
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RNA-seq-Based Gene Annotation and Comparative Genomics of Four Fungal Grass Pathogens in the Genus Zymoseptoria Identify Novel Orphan Genes and Species-Specific Invasions of Transposable Elements
Jonathan Grandaubert, Amitava Bhattacharyya, and Eva H. Stukenbrock
G3 July 2015 5:1323-1333; Early Online April 27, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017731
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Transcriptional Response to Acute Thermal Exposure in Juvenile Chinook Salmon Determined by RNAseq
Katharine M. H. Tomalty, Mariah H. Meek, Molly R. Stephens, Gonzalo Rincón, Nann A. Fangue, Bernie P. May, and Melinda R. Baerwald
G3 July 2015 5:1335-1349; Early Online April 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017699
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Identification of Reproduction-Related Gene Polymorphisms Using Whole Transcriptome Sequencing in the Large White Pig Population
Daniel Fischer, Asta Laiho, Attila Gyenesei, and Anu Sironen
G3 July 2015 5:1351-1360; Early Online April 27, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018382
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Two Routes to Genetic Suppression of RNA Trimethylguanosine Cap Deficiency via C-Terminal Truncation of U1 snRNP Subunit Snp1 or Overexpression of RNA Polymerase Subunit Rpo26
Zhicheng R. Qiu, Beate Schwer, and Stewart Shuman
G3 July 2015 5:1361-1370; Early Online April 24, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.016675
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DPY-17 and MUA-3 Interact for Connective Tissue-Like Tissue Integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Model for Marfan Syndrome
Pauline Fotopoulos, Jeongho Kim, Moonjung Hyun, Waiss Qamari, Inhwan Lee, and Young-Jai You
G3 July 2015 5:1371-1378; Early Online April 27, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018465
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Tryptophan-Dependent Control of Colony Formation After DNA Damage via Sea3-Regulated TORC1 Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Erica J. Polleys and Alison A. Bertuch
G3 July 2015 5:1379-1389; Early Online May 4, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018721
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Composite Selection Signals for Complex Traits Exemplified Through Bovine Stature Using Multibreed Cohorts of European and African Bos taurus
Imtiaz A. S. Randhawa, Mehar S. Khatkar, Peter C. Thomson, and Herman W. Raadsma
G3 July 2015 5:1391-1401; Early Online April 30, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017772
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Identification of QTLs for Rust Resistance in the Peanut Wild Species Arachis magna and the Development of KASP Markers for Marker-Assisted Selection
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli, Uiara Cavalcante, Ediene G. Gouvea, Carolina Ballén-Taborda, Kenta Shirasawa, Patrícia M. Guimarães, Scott A. Jackson, David J. Bertioli, and Márcio C. Moretzsohn
G3 July 2015 5:1403-1413; Early Online May 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018796
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XSim: Simulation of Descendants from Ancestors with Sequence Data
Hao Cheng, Dorian Garrick, and Rohan Fernando
G3 July 2015 5:1415-1417; Early Online May 7, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.016683
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Using the Animal Model to Accelerate Response to Selection in a Self-Pollinating Crop
Wallace A. Cowling, Katia T. Stefanova, Cameron P. Beeck, Matthew N. Nelson, Bonnie L. W. Hargreaves, Olaf Sass, Arthur R. Gilmour, and Kadambot H. M. Siddique
G3 July 2015 5:1419-1428; Early Online May 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018838
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A Genome-Wide Survey of Date Palm Cultivars Supports Two Major Subpopulations in Phoenix dactylifera
Lisa S. Mathew, Michael A. Seidel, Binu George, Sweety Mathew, Manuel Spannagl, Georg Haberer, Maria F. Torres, Eman K. Al-Dous, Eman K. Al-Azwani, Ilhem Diboun, Robert R. Krueger, Klaus F. X. Mayer, Yasmin Ali Mohamoud, Karsten Suhre, and Joel A. Malek
G3 July 2015 5:1429-1438; Early Online May 8, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018341
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Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes Map to Two Chromosomes in an Evolutionarily Ancient Reptile, the Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus
Hilary C. Miller, Denis O’Meally, Tariq Ezaz, Chris Amemiya, Jennifer A. Marshall-Graves, and Scott Edwards
G3 July 2015 5:1439-1451; Early Online May 7, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017467
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Intrinsic Toxicity of Unchecked Heterochromatin Spread Is Suppressed by Redundant Chromatin Boundary Functions in Schizosacchromyces pombe
Jennifer F. Garcia, Bassem Al-Sady, and Hiten D. Madhani
G3 July 2015 5:1453-1461; Early Online May 8, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018663
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Genome Assembly Improvement and Mapping Convergently Evolved Skeletal Traits in Sticklebacks with Genotyping-by-Sequencing
Andrew M. Glazer, Emily E. Killingbeck, Therese Mitros, Daniel S. Rokhsar, and Craig T. Miller
G3 July 2015 5:1463-1472; Early Online June 3, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017905
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No Significant Increase in the 4- and 7-Dafachronic Acid Concentration in the Long-Lived glp-1 Mutant, nor in the Mutants Defective in Dauer Formation
Tie-Mei Li, Weilong Liu, Shan Lu, Yan-Ping Zhang, Le-Mei Jia, Jie Chen, Xiangke Li, Xiaoguang Lei, and Meng-Qiu Dong
G3 July 2015 5:1473-1479; Early Online May 12, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.018812
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RAD-QTL Mapping Reveals Both Genome-Level Parallelism and Different Genetic Architecture Underlying the Evolution of Body Shape in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Species Pairs
Martin Laporte, Sean M. Rogers, Anne-Marie Dion-Côté, Eric Normandeau, Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire, Anne C. Dalziel, Jobran Chebib, and Louis Bernatchez
G3 July 2015 5:1481-1491; Early Online May 21, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019067
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Systematic Evaluation of Drosophila CRISPR Tools Reveals Safe and Robust Alternatives to Autonomous Gene Drives in Basic Research
Fillip Port, Nadine Muschalik, and Simon L. Bullock
G3 July 2015 5:1493-1502; Early Online May 20, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019083
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Drosophila RBf2 Protein Highlights the Diversity of RB Family Targets and Possible Role in Regulation of Ribosome Biosynthesis
Yiliang Wei, Shamba S. Mondal, Rima Mouawad, Bartek Wilczynski, R. William Henry, and David N. Arnosti
G3 July 2015 5:1503-1515; Early Online May 20, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019166
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The Drosophila Prosecretory Transcription Factor dimmed Is Dynamically Regulated in Adult Enteroendocrine Cells and Protects Against Gram-Negative Infection
Katherine Beebe, Dongkook Park, Paul H. Taghert, and Craig A. Micchelli
G3 July 2015 5:1517-1524; Early Online May 20, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.019117
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MUTANT SCREEN REPORT
Systematic Global Analysis of Genes Encoding Protein Phosphatases in Aspergillus fumigatus
Lizziane K. Winkelströter, Stephen K. Dolan, Thaila Fernanda dos Reis, Vinícius Leite Pedro Bom, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Daisuke Hagiwara, Raneem Alowni, Gary W. Jones, Sean Doyle, Neil Andrew Brown, and Gustavo H. Goldman
G3 July 2015 5:1525-1539; Early Online May 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.016766
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Block party on the zebrafish sex chromosome
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Unraveling the mysteries of duckweed: epigenetic insights from Spirodela polyrhiza
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