gb-2004-5-12-360 GBJ Paper report <p>Articles selected by Faculty <it>of </it><b> 1000</b>: chromosome pairing in <it>Arabidopsis</it>; hybrid inviability in birds and mammals; endogenous siRNAs in <it>Arabidopsis</it>; evolution of sex-biased genes in <it>Drosophila</it>; human patterns of genetic variation</p> Genome Biology 1465-6906 2004 5 12 360 http://genomebiology.com/2004/5/12/360/ 10.1186/gb-2004-5-12-360 5 11 2004 2004 BioMed Central Ltd

Chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis; hybrid inviability in birds and mammals; endogenous siRNAs in Arabidopsis; evolution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila; human patterns of genetic variation

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis; hybrid inviability in birds and mammals; endogenous siRNAs in Arabidopsis; evolution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila; human patterns of genetic variation.

Summary

A selection of evaluations from Faculty of 1000 covering chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis; hybrid inviability in birds and mammals; endogenous siRNAs in Arabidopsis; evolution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila; human patterns of genetic variation.

 Evolution Genome studies Plant biology

Chromosome pairing in Arabidopsis

Chromosome territory arrangement and homologous pairing in nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana are predominantly random except for NOR-bearing chromosomes. Pecinka A, Schubert V, Meister A, Kreth G, Klatte M, Lysak MA, Fuchs J, Schubert I. Chromosoma 2004, 113:258-269.

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Hybrid inviability in birds and mammals

Rates of evolution of hybrid inviability in birds and mammals. Fitzpatrick BM. Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2004, 58:1865-1870.

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Endogenous siRNAs in Arabidopsis

Endogenous trans-acting siRNAs regulate the accumulation of Arabidopsis mRNAs. Vazquez F, Vaucheret H, Rajagopalan R, Lepers C, Gasciolli V, Mallory AC, Hilbert JL, Bartel DP, Crété P. Mol Cell 2004, 16:69-79.

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Evolution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila

Molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in Drosophila. Zhang Z, Hambuch TM, Parsch J. Mol Biol Evol 2004, 21:2130-2739.

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Human patterns of genetic variation

Population history and natural selection shape patterns of genetic variation in 132 genes. Akey JM, Eberle MA, Rieder MJ, Carlson CS, Shriver MD, Nickerson DA, Kruglyak L. PLoS Biol 2004, 2:e286.

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