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Amy Lyndaker, Tamara Goldfarb, and Eric Alani

Mutants defective in Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 exhibit a unique pattern of viability during mating type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 24, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.090654 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Petr Cejka and Josef Jiricny

Interplay of DNA repair pathways controls methylation damage toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 24, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089979 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Ivana Celic, Alain Verreault, and Jef Boeke

Histone H3 K56 hyperacetylation perturbs replisomes and causes DNA damage
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 24, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088914 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Philip A Jensen, Jeremy R Stuart, Michael P Goodpaster, Joseph W Goodman, and Michael J Simmons

Cytotype Regulation of P Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster: Repressor Polypeptides or piRNAs?
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 24, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087072 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Caroline Welz-Voegele and Sue Jinks-Robertson

Sequence divergence impedes crossover more than noncrossover events during mitotic gap repair in yeast
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.090233 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Mladen Radoev, Heiko C. Becker, and Wolfgang Ecke

Genetic analysis of heterosis for yield and yield components in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) by QTL mapping
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089680 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Peng Zhang, Wanlong Li, Bernd Friebe, and Bikram S Gill

The Origin of a "Zebra" Chromosome in Wheat Suggests Nonhomologous Recombination as a Novel Mechanism for New Chromosome Evolution and Step Changes in Chromosome Number
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089599 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Deepak Sharma and Daniel C. Masison

Functionally redundant isoforms of a yeast Hsp70 chaperone subfamily have different anti-prion effects
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089458 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Sabine Maerz, Carmit Ziv, Nico Vogt, Kerstin Helmstaedt, Nourit Cohen, Rena Gorovits, Oded Yarden, and Stephan Seiler

The Ndr kinase COT1, and the MAP kinases MAK1 and MAK2 genetically interact to regulate filamentous growth, hyphal fusion and sexual development in Neurospora crassa
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089425 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Marguerite P. Andersen, Zara W. Nelson, Elizabeth D. Hetrick, and Daniel E. Gottschling

A genetic screen for increased loss of heterozygosity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089250 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Francisco M Conde and Pedro A San-Segundo

Role of Dot1 in the Response to Alkylating DNA Damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Regulation of DNA Damage Tolerance by the Error-Prone Polymerases Pol/Rev1
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089003 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Gareth R. Cromie, Randy W. Hyppa, and Gerald R. Smith

The Fission Yeast BLM Homolog Rqh1 Promotes Meiotic Recombination
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088955 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Jack Favor, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Angelika Neuhaeuser-Klaus, Walter Pretsch, Rodica Sandulache, Simon Saule, and Irmgard Zaus

Relationship of Pax6 activity levels to the extent of eye development in the mouse, Mus musculus
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088591 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Stephanie Rollmann, Liesbeth Zwarts, Alexis Edwards, Akihiko Yamamoto, Patrick Callaerts, Koenraad Norga, Trudy F.C. Mackay, and Robert Anholt

Pleiotropic Effects of Drosophila neuralized on Complex Behaviors and Brain Structure
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088435 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Nadine Hoecker, Barbara Keller, Nils Muthreich, Didier Chollet, Patrick Descombes, Hans-Peter Piepho, and Frank Hochholdinger

Comparison of maize (Zea mays L.) F₂-hybrid and parental inbred line primary root transcriptomes suggests organ specific patterns of non-additive gene expression and conserved expression trends between different hybrids in a subset of genes
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088278 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

James W Thomas, Mario Caceres, Joshua J Lowman, Caroline B Morehouse, Meghan E Short, Erin L Baldwin, Donna L Maney, and Christa L Martin

The chromosomal polymorphism linked to variation in social behavior in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a complex rearrangement and suppressor of recombination
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088229 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Niclas Backstrom, Nikoletta Karaiskou, Erica Leder, Lars Gustafsson, Craig R Primmer, Anna Qvarnström, and Hans Ellegren

A gene-based genetic linkage map of the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) reveals extensive synteny and gene order conservation during 100 million years of avian evolution
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088195 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Qiaojuan Shi, Adam R Parks, Benjamin D Potter, Ilan J Safir, Yun Luo, Brian M Forster, and Joseph E Peters

DNA damage differentially activates regional chromosomal loci for Tn7 transposition in E. coli
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.088161 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Darren Ames, Nick Murphy, Timothy Helentjaris, Nina Sun, and Vicki L. Chandler

Comparative analyses of human single- and multi-locus tandem repeats
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087882 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Bastiaan Star, Meredith V Trotter, and Hamish G. Spencer

Evolution of fitnesses in structured populations with correlated environments
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087817 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Christopher P. Smith and Peter E. Thorsness

The Molecular Basis for Relative Physiological Functionality of the ADP/ATP Carrier Isoforms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087700 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Peter R Oxley, Graham J Thompson, and Benjamin P Oldroyd

Four QTLs that Influence Worker Sterility in the Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera)
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087270 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Emily Kuhn-Parnell, Cecilia Helou, David Marion, Brian Gilmore, Timothy Parnell, Marc Wold, and Pamela Geyer

Investigation of the properties of non-gypsy Su(Hw) binding sites
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087254 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Lisa A. McGraw, Andrew G. Clark, and Mariana F. Wolfner

Post-mating gene expression profiles of female Drosophila melanogaster in response to time and to four male accessory gland proteins
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.086934 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Stuart F. McDaniel, John H. Willis, and A. Jonathan Shaw

The genetic basis of developmental abnormalities in interpopulation hybrids of the moss Ceratodon purpureus
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.086314 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Marie Lillehammer, Mike Goddard, Heidi Nilsen, Erling Sehested, Hanne Gro Olsen, Sigbjørn Lien, and Theo Meuwissen

QTL by environment interaction for milk yield traits on Bos Taurus Autosome 6
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.084483 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Krista M. Nichols, Alicia Felip, Paul Wheeler, and Gary H. Thorgaard

The Genetic Basis of Smoltification-Related Traits in Oncorhynchus mykiss
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.084251 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Doris Bachtrog

The temporal dynamics of processes underlying Y chromosome degeneration
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.084012 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Leonie C Moyle and Takuya Nakazato

Comparative genetics of hybrid incompatibility: sterility in two Solanum species crosses
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.083618 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Arnold B. Barton, Michael Pekosz, Rohini S. Kurvathi, and David B. Kaback

Meiotic Recombination at Chromosome Ends in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.083493 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Inma Gonzalez, Ricardo Aparicio, and Ana Busturia

Functional characterization of the dRYBP gene in Drosophila
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.082966 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Desiree E Allen and Michael Lynch

Both Costs and Benefits of Sex Correlate with Relative Frequency of Asexual Reproduction in Cyclically Parthenogenic Daphnia pulicaria Populations
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.082479 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Guillaume Achaz

testing for neutrality in samples with sequencing errors
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.082198 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Manus Patten and David Haig

Reciprocally imprinted genes and the response to selection on one sex
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.077651 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Gavin C. Conant and Kenneth H. Wolfe

Probabilistic cross-species inference of orthologous genomic regions created by whole-genome duplication in yeast
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.074450 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Guillaume Martin, Elodie Chapuis, and Jerome Goudet

Multivariate Qst - Fst comparisons: a neutrality test for the evolution of the G matrix in structured populations
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: February 3, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.080820 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

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Kate M Breakey, Daniel Levin, Ian Miller, and Kathryn Hentges

The use of SBL interactive software to create custom virtual laboratory scenarios for teaching genetics
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.090381 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

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Ran Hovav, Bhupendra Chaudhary, Joshua A. Udall, Lex Flagel, and Jonathan F. Wendel

Parallel Domestication, Convergent Evolution and Duplicated Gene Recruitment in Allopolyploid Cotton
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.089656 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

Hideki Innan and Yuseob Kim

Detecting Local Adaptation Using the Joint Sampling of Polymorphism Data in the Parental and Derived Populations
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.086835 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]  

K. Ryo Takahasi and Hideki Innan

The Direction of Linkage Disequilibrium: a New Measure Based on Ancestral-Derived Status of Segregating Alleles
Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print: June 18, 2008. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.085654 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]