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November 25 2009

Reviews

Identifying repeats and transposable elements in sequenced genomes: how to find your way through the dense forest of programs

E Lerat

Heredity advance online publication, November 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.165

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of diversity within grapevine varieties

F Pelsy

Heredity advance online publication, November 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.161

Original Articles

Thelytokous parthenogenesis, male clonality and genetic caste determination in the little fire ant: new evidence and insights from the lab

J Foucaud, A Estoup, A Loiseau, O Rey and J Orivel

Heredity advance online publication, November 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.169

The susceptibility of Atlantic salmon fry to freshwater infectious pancreatic necrosis is largely explained by a major QTL

R D Houston, C S Haley, A Hamilton, D R Guy, J C Mota-Velasco, A A Gheyas, A E Tinch, J B Taggart, J E Bron, W G Starkey, B J McAndrew, D W Verner-Jeffreys, R K Paley, G S E Rimmer, I J Tew and S C Bishop

Heredity advance online publication, November 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.171

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November 18 2009

News and Commentary

Inbreeding in the wild really does matter FREE

R Frankham

Heredity advance online publication, November 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.155

Original Articles

Evolution of the VvMybA gene family, the major determinant of berry colour in cultivated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

A Fournier-Level, T Lacombe, L Le Cunff, J-M Boursiquot and P This

Heredity advance online publication, November 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.148

Genetic diversity and fitness in small populations of partially asexual, self-incompatible plants

M Navascués, S Stoeckel and S Mariette

Heredity advance online publication, November 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.159

Range shifts of Potentilla fruticosa on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during glacial and interglacial periods revealed by chloroplast DNA sequence variation

A Shimono, S Ueno, S Gu, X Zhao, Y Tsumura and Y Tang

Heredity advance online publication, November 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.158

Larval fitness, microsatellite diversity and MHC class II diversity in common frog (Rana temporaria) populations

I Zeisset and T J C Beebee

Heredity advance online publication, November 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.157

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November 11 2009

Original Article

Experimental designs for evaluation of genetic variability and selection of ancient grapevine varieties: a simulation study

E Gonçalves, A St.Aubyn and A Martins

Heredity advance online publication, November 11, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.153

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November 4 2009

Original Articles

Direct mapping of density response in a population of B73 times Mo17 recombinant inbred lines of maize (Zea Mays L.)

M Gonzalo, J B Holland, T J Vyn and L M McIntyre

Heredity advance online publication, November 4, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.140

Extensive linkage disequilibrium in a wild bird population

M H Li and J Merilä

Heredity advance online publication, November 4, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.150

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October 28 2009

News and Commentary

An insect-endosymbiont conundrum FREE

H C J Godfray

Heredity advance online publication, October 28, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.144

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October 21 2009

News and Commentary

What's your poison? FREE

W Wüster

Heredity advance online publication, October 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.142

Original Articles

Linkage disequilibrium in wild French grapevine, Vitis vinifera L. subsp. silvestris

A Barnaud, V Laucou, P This, T Lacombe and A Doligez

Heredity advance online publication, October 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.143

High gene flow due to pelagic larval dispersal among South Pacific archipelagos in two amphidromous gastropods (Neritomorpha: Neritidae)

E D Crandall, J R Taffel and P H Barber

Heredity advance online publication, October 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.138

Large-scale SNP genotyping in crosses between outbred lines: how useful is it?

M C Ledur, N Navarro and M Pérez-Enciso

Heredity advance online publication, October 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.149

Long-term conservation vs high sequence divergence: the case of an extraordinarily old satellite DNA in bivalve mollusks

M Plohl, V Petrovic acute, A Luchetti, A Ricci, E S caronatovic acute, M Passamonti and B Mantovani

Heredity advance online publication, October 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.141

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October 14 2009

Original Article

Bayesian paternity analysis and mating patterns in a parasitic nematode, Trichostrongylus tenuis

P C D Johnson, J D Hadfield, L M I Webster, A Adam, B K Mable and L F Keller

Heredity advance online publication, October 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.139

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October 7 2009

Original Articles

Contrasting relationships between the diversity of candidate genes and variation of bud burst in natural and segregating populations of European oaks

J Derory, C Scotti-Saintagne, E Bertocchi, L Le Dantec, N Graignic, A Jauffres, M Casasoli, E Chancerel, C Bodénès, F Alberto and A Kremer

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.134

Geographic patterns of inversion polymorphisms in a wild African rodent, Mastomys erythroleucus

G Dobigny, J Catalan, P Gauthier, P C M O'Brien, C Brouat, K Bâ, C Tatard, M A Ferguson-Smith, J M Duplantier, L Granjon and J Britton-Davidian

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.119

Using genetic methods to investigate dispersal in two badger (Meles meles) populations with different ecological characteristics

A C Frantz, E Do Linh San, L C Pope and T Burke

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.136

Population dynamics and rapid spread of Cardinium, a bacterial endosymbiont causing cytoplasmic incompatibility in Encarsia pergandiella (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

L R Harris, S E Kelly, M S Hunter and S J Perlman

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.130

The consequences of winter flock demography for genetic structure and inbreeding risk in vinous-throated parrotbills, Paradoxornis webbianus

J-W Lee, M Simeoni, T Burke and B J Hatchwell

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.135

Molecular detection of hybridization between sympatric kangaroo species in south-eastern Australia

L E Neaves, K R Zenger, D W Cooper and M D B Eldridge

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.137

Proteomic characterization of a temperature-sensitive conditional lethal in Drosophila melanogaster

K S Pedersen, M C Codrea, C J Vermeulen, V Loeschcke and E Bendixen

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.132

Effective size of the hierarchically structured populations of the agent of malaria: a coalescent-based model

F Prugnolle, P Durand, F Renaud and F Rousset

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.127

Apparent high recombination rates in clonal parasitic organisms due to inappropriate sampling design

F Prugnolle and T De Meeus

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.128

Extension, single-locus conversion and physical mapping of sex chromosome sequences identify the Z microchromosome and pseudo-autosomal region in a dragon lizard, Pogona vitticeps

A E Quinn, T Ezaz, S D Sarre, JA Marshall Graves and A Georges

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.133

Contrasting modes for loss of pungency between cultivated and wild species of Capsicum

G M Stellari, M Mazourek and M M Jahn

Heredity advance online publication, October 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.131

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September 30 2009

Original Articles

Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal distance in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

S S Suni and D M Gordon

Heredity advance online publication, September 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.124

Controlling false positives in the mapping of epistatic QTL

W-H Wei, S Knott, C S Haley and D-J de Koning

Heredity advance online publication, September 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.129

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September 23 2009

Original Articles

The rate of ageing in a long-lived bird is not heritable

J E Brommer, K Rattiste and A Wilson

Heredity advance online publication, September 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.125

MHC genetic structure and divergence across populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

M L Evans, B D Neff and D D Heath

Heredity advance online publication, September 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.121

Quantitative genetic architecture of parasite-induced cataract in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

H Kuukka-Anttila, N Peuhkuri, I Kolari, T Paananen and A Kause

Heredity advance online publication, September 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.123

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September 16 2009

News and Commentary

The worm in the fruit of the mitochondrial DNA tree FREE

F Balloux

Heredity advance online publication, September 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.122

Original Articles

Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNAs in the beetle Dichotomius geminatus provides the first evidence for an association of 5S rRNA and histone H3 genes in insects, and repetitive DNA similarity between the B chromosome and A complement

D C Cabral-de-Mello, R C Moura and C Martins

Heredity advance online publication, September 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.126

A sex-determining region on the Y chromosome controls the sex-reversal ratio in interspecific hybrids between Oryzias curvinotus females and Oryzias latipes males

M Kato, Y Takehana, M Sakaizumi and S Hamaguchi

Heredity advance online publication, September 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.114

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September 9 2009

Original Articles

Distribution of Wolbachia infection in Chorthippus parallelus populations within and beyond a Pyrenean hybrid zone

M Zabal-Aguirre, F Arroyo and J L Bella

Heredity advance online publication, September 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.106

Genetic diversity in a crop metapopulation

J van Heerwaarden, F A van Eeuwijk and J Ross-Ibarra

Heredity advance online publication, September 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.110

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September 2 2009

Original Article

Sperm competition and offspring viability at hybridization in Australian tree frogs, Litoria peronii and L. tyleri

C D H Sherman, E Wapstra and M Olsson

Heredity advance online publication, September 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.118

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August 26 2009

News and Commentaries

New insights into plant graft hybridization FREE

Y-S Liu, Q-L Wang and B-Y Li

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.115

Scrapie genetics before the discovery of prions FREE

J Slate

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.113

Original Articles

Transcriptional differences between triploid and diploid Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) during live Vibrio anguillarum challenge

B Ching, S Jamieson, J W Heath, D D Heath and A Hubberstey

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.108

Meiotic aberrations during 2n pollen formation in Begonia

A Dewitte, T Eeckhaut, J Van Huylenbroeck and E Van Bockstaele

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.111

Avian genome evolution: insights from a linkage map of the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

B Hansson, M Ljungqvist, D A Dawson, J C Mueller, J Olano-Marin, H Ellegren and J-Å Nilsson

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.107

Molecular evidence for the natural production of homozygous Cupressus sempervirens L. lines by Cupressus dupreziana seed trees

J L R Nava, A Buonamici, G G Vendramin and C Pichot

Heredity advance online publication, August 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.112

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August 19 2009

Original Articles

Horn type and horn length genes map to the same chromosomal region in Soay sheep

S E Johnston, D Beraldi, A F McRae, J M Pemberton and J Slate

Heredity advance online publication, August 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.109

Genetic variation of inbreeding depression among floral and fitness traits in Silene nutans

J Thiele, T Hansen, H R Siegismund and T P Hauser

Heredity advance online publication, August 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.103

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August 12 2009

Original Articles

The genetic basis of recessive self-colour pattern in a wild sheep population

J Gratten, J G Pilkington, E A Brown, D Beraldi, J M Pemberton and J Slate

Heredity advance online publication, August 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.105

Segregation distortion and the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms

M Kozielska, F J Weissing, L W Beukeboom and I Pen

Heredity advance online publication, August 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.104

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August 5 2009

Original Articles

Rapid evolution of Wolbachia density in insecticide resistant Culex pipiens

P Echaubard, O Duron, P Agnew, C Sidobre, V Noël, M Weill and Y Michalakis

Heredity advance online publication, August 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.100

Inferring introduction routes of invasive species using approximate Bayesian computation on microsatellite data

T Guillemaud, M A Beaumont, M Ciosi, J-M Cornuet and A Estoup

Heredity advance online publication, August 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.92

Temporally stable genetic structure of heavily exploited Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in Swedish waters

L C Larsson, L Laikre, C André, T G Dahlgren and N Ryman

Heredity advance online publication, August 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.98

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July 29 2009

Original Articles

New insights on the speciation history and nucleotide diversity of three boreal spruce species and a Tertiary relict

J Chen, T Källman, N Gyllenstrand and M Lascoux

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.88

Quantifying male-biased dispersal among social groups in the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) using analyses based on mtDNA variation

J D Cooper, R Vitalis, P M Waser, D Gopurenko, E C Hellgren, T M Gabor and J A DeWoody

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.102

Response to selection and realized heritability of sperm length in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

R Dobler and D J Hosken

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.93

The role of human demographic history in determining the distribution and frequency of transferase-deficient galactosaemia mutations

J M Flanagan, G McMahon, S H Brendan Chia, P Fitzpatrick, O Tighe, C O'Neill, P Briones, L Gort, L Kozak, A Magee, E Naughten, B Radomyska, M Schwartz, J S Shin, W M Strobl, L A Tyfield, H R Waterham, H Russell, G Bertorelle, J K V Reichardt, P D Mayne and D T Croke

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.84

Selection at the MHC class IIB locus across guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations

B A Fraser, I W Ramnarine and B D Neff

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.99

Frequent silencing of rDNA loci on the univalent-forming genomes contrasts with their stable expression on the bivalent-forming genomes in polyploid dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae)

L Khaitová, G Werlemark, H Nybom and A Kovar caroník

Heredity advance online publication, July 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.94

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