Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009

Issue Highlights

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Page NP, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/181.3.NP

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2009 GSA Honors and Awards

The 2009 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

Kelly Hughes and Stanley Maloy

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 823–825, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/181.3.823

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The 2009 Genetics Society of America Medal

Fred Winston

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 827–829, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.100602

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The 2009 George W. Beadle Award

Deborah Bell-Pedersen and Katherine A Borkovich

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 831–833, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/181.3.831

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The 2009 Genetics Society of America Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education

Mark Johnston and Tim Schedl

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 835–836, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.100628

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The 2009 Novitski Prize

James E Haber

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 837–838, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.100586

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Previous Recipients of GSA Awards

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Page 839, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/181.3.839

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Perspectives

Thomas Hunt Morgan at the Marine Biological Laboratory: Naturalist and Experimentalist

Diana E Kenney and Gary G Borisy

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 841–846, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.101659

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Investigations

Genome integrity and transmission

The a2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Direct Uniparental Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Inheritance and Constrain mtDNA Recombination During Sexual Development of Ustilago maydis

Michael Fedler and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 847–860, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.096859

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Gene expression

Nitrogen Catabolite Repression-Sensitive Transcription as a Readout of Tor Pathway Regulation: The Genetic Background, Reporter Gene and GATA Factor Assayed Determine the Outcomes

Isabelle Georis and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 861–874, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099051

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Mutations in the Chromosomal Passenger Complex and the Condensin Complex Differentially Affect Synaptonemal Complex Disassembly and Metaphase I Configuration in Drosophila Female Meiosis

Tamar D Resnick and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 875–887, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.097741

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Cellular genetics

Genetic Interactions Between Regulators of Chlamydomonas Phosphorus and Sulfur Deprivation Responses

Jeffrey L Moseley and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 889–905, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099382

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A Mutant Plasma Membrane Protein Is Stabilized Upon Loss of Yvh1, a Novel Ribosome Assembly Factor

Yu Liu and Amy Chang

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 907–915, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.100099

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Rhythmic Conidiation in Constant Light in Vivid Mutants of Neurospora crassa

Kevin Schneider and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 917–931, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.097808

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Developmental and behavioral genetics

The Role of Protein Phosphatase 4 in Regulating Microtubule Severing in the Caenorhabditis elegans Embryo

Xue Han and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 933–943, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.096016

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Isolation and Characterization of cul1-7, a Recessive Allele of CULLIN1 That Disrupts SCF Function at the C Terminus of CUL1 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Jonathan Gilkerson and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 945–963, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.097675

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Comparative Analysis of Pdf-Mediated Circadian Behaviors Between Drosophila melanogaster and D. virilis

Jae Hoon Bahn and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 965–975, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099069

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Population and evolutionary genetics

The Evolution and Diversification of S-Locus Haplotypes in the Brassicaceae Family

Kristina Edh and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 977–984, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.090837

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Molecular Population Genetics of the SRK and SCR Self-Incompatibility Genes in the Wild Plant Species Brassica cretica (Brassicaceae)

Kristina Edh and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 985–995, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.090829

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Statistical Mechanics and the Evolution of Polygenic Quantitative Traits

N H Barton and H P de Vladar

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 997–1011, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099309

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Characterization of Demographic Expansions From Pairwise Comparisons of Linked Microsatellite Haplotypes

Miguel Navascués and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1013–1019, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.098194

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Multilocus Patterns of Nucleotide Diversity, Population Structure and Linkage Disequilibrium in Boechera stricta, a Wild Relative of Arabidopsis

Bao-Hua Song and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1021–1033, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.095364

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Molecular Spectrum of Spontaneous de Novo Mutations in Male and Female Germline Cells of Drosophila melanogaster

Yutaka Watanabe and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1035–1043, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.093385

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The Control Region of Maternally and Paternally Inherited Mitochondrial Genomes of Three Species of the Sea Mussel Genus Mytilus

Liqin Cao and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1045–1056, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.093229

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The Strength of Selection Against the Yeast Prion [PSI⁺]

Joanna Masel and Cortland K Griswold

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1057–1063, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.100297

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Genetics of complex traits

Genomic Consequences of Background Effects on scalloped Mutant Expressivity in the Wing of Drosophila melanogaster

Ian Dworkin and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1065–1076, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.096453

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A Model Selection Approach for the Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci in Experimental Crosses, Allowing Epistasis

Ani Manichaikul and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1077–1086, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.094565

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Effects of Genetic and Environmental Factors on Trait Network Predictions From Quantitative Trait Locus Data

David L Remington

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1087–1099, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.092668

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Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models for Multiple Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping

Nengjun Yi and Samprit Banerjee

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1101–1113, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099556

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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Allene Oxide Synthase 2 Gene Are Associated With Field Resistance to Late Blight in Populations of Tetraploid Potato Cultivars

Karolina Pajerowska-Mukhtar and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1115–1127, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.094268

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Genome and systems biology

Characterization of Chromosome Ends in the Filamentous Fungus Neurospora crassa

Cheng Wu and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1129–1145, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.084392

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Nonadditive Expression of Homoeologous Genes Is Established Upon Polyploidization in Hexaploid Wheat

Michael Pumphrey and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1147–1157, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.096941

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Prion Variants and Species Barriers Among Saccharomyces Ure2 Proteins

Herman K Edskes and others

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1159–1167, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099929

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Cellular genetics

Membrane Bound Axin Is Sufficient for Wingless Signaling in Drosophila Embryos

Nicholas S Tolwinski

Genetics, Volume 181, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 1169–1173, https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.098236

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