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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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