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Volume 6(3);  March 2008
Perspectives
Research Ethics Recommendations for Whole-Genome Research: Consensus Statement
Timothy Caulfield, Amy L McGuire, Mildred Cho, Janet A Buchanan, Michael M Burgess, Ursula Danilczyk, Christina M Diaz, Kelly Fryer-Edwards, Shane K Green, Marc A Hodosh, Eric T Juengst, Jane Kaye, Laurence Kedes, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Trudo Lemmens, Eric M Meslin, Juli Murphy, Robert L Nussbaum, Margaret Otlowski, Daryl Pullman, Peter N Ray, Jeremy Sugarman, and Michael Timmons
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e73. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060073.
PMCID: PMC2270329
Synopses
Predators Make (Temporary) Escape from Coevolutionary Arms Race
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e75. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060075.
PMCID: PMC2265765
For Mammals, Loss of Yolk and Gain of Milk Went Hand in Hand
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e77. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060077.
PMCID: PMC2267822
Structural Insight into a Biofilm Signaling Molecule
Liza Gross
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e89. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060089.
PMCID: PMC2270334
Essay
Change the IUCN Protected Area Categories to Reflect Biodiversity Outcomes
Luigi Boitani, Richard M Cowling, Holly T Dublin, Georgina M Mace, Jeff Parrish, Hugh P Possingham, Robert L Pressey, Carlo Rondinini, and Kerrie A Wilson
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e66. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060066.
PMCID: PMC2267816
Feature
Transplant Biology at a Crossroads: Surgeons can now give patients a new hand or even a new face, but they still can't provide any guarantees that the benefits are worth the risks.
Caitlin Sedwick
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e70. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060070.
PMCID: PMC2267815
Primer
Genomics and Biology Come Together to Fight HIV
David B Goldstein
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e76. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060076.
PMCID: PMC2270331
Community Page
Boosting Virology in Brazil
Maria Inês de Moura Campos Pardini, Leda Fátima Jamal, Edison Luiz Durigon, Eduardo Massad, José Fernando Perez, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Edward C Holmes, and Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e57. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060057.
PMCID: PMC2265768
Research Articles
Assessing Evidence for a Pervasive Alteration in Tropical Tree Communities
Jérôme Chave, Richard Condit, Helene C Muller-Landau, Sean C Thomas, Peter S Ashton, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Leonardo L Co, Handanakere S Dattaraja, Stuart J Davies, Shameema Esufali, Corneille E. N Ewango, Kenneth J Feeley, Robin B Foster, Nimal Gunatilleke, Savitri Gunatilleke, Pamela Hall, Terese B Hart, Consuelo Hernández, Stephen P Hubbell, Akira Itoh, Somboon Kiratiprayoon, James V LaFrankie, Suzanne Loo de Lao, Jean-Rémy Makana, Md. Nur Supardi Noor, Abdul Rahman Kassim, Cristián Samper, Raman Sukumar, Hebbalalu S Suresh, Sylvester Tan, Jill Thompson, Ma. Dolores C Tongco, Renato Valencia, Martha Vallejo, Gorky Villa, Takuo Yamakura, Jess K Zimmerman, and Elizabeth C Losos
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e45. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060045.
PMCID: PMC2270308
Insights into Mad2 Regulation in the Spindle Checkpoint Revealed by the Crystal Structure of the Symmetric Mad2 Dimer
Maojun Yang, Bing Li, Chyong-Jy Liu, Diana R Tomchick, Mischa Machius, Josep Rizo, Hongtao Yu, and Xuelian Luo
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e50. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060050.
PMCID: PMC2270309
Creatine Kinase–Mediated ATP Supply Fuels Actin-Based Events in Phagocytosis
Jan W. P Kuiper, Helma Pluk, Frank Oerlemans, Frank N van Leeuwen, Frank de Lange, Jack Fransen, and Bé Wieringa
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e51. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060051.
PMCID: PMC2265766
A Putative Cation Channel, NCA-1, and a Novel Protein, UNC-80, Transmit Neuronal Activity in C. elegans
Edward Yeh, Sharon Ng, Mi Zhang, Magali Bouhours, Ying Wang, Min Wang, Wesley Hung, Kyota Aoyagi, Katya Melnik-Martinez, Michelle Li, Fang Liu, William R Schafer, and Mei Zhen
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e55. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060055.
PMCID: PMC2265767
Effects of Selection for Honey Bee Worker Reproduction on Foraging Traits
Benjamin P Oldroyd and Madeleine Beekman
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e56. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060056.
PMCID: PMC2270312
Postmitotic Specification of Drosophila Insulinergic Neurons from Pioneer Neurons
Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Stefan Thor, and Alex P Gould
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e58. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060058.
PMCID: PMC2265769
A Role for Parasites in Stabilising the Fig-Pollinator Mutualism
Derek W Dunn, Simon T Segar, Jo Ridley, Ruth Chan, Ross H Crozier, Douglas W Yu, and James M Cook
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e59. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060059.
PMCID: PMC2265770
Phenotypic Mismatches Reveal Escape from Arms-Race Coevolution
Charles T Hanifin, Edmund D Brodie, Jr., and Edmund D Brodie, III
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e60. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060060.
PMCID: PMC2265764
Phagocytic Receptor CED-1 Initiates a Signaling Pathway for Degrading Engulfed Apoptotic Cells
Xiaomeng Yu, Nan Lu, and Zheng Zhou
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e61. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060061.
PMCID: PMC2267821
Social Context–Induced Song Variation Affects Female Behavior and Gene Expression
Sarah C Woolley and Allison J Doupe
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e62. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060062.
PMCID: PMC2267820
Loss of Egg Yolk Genes in Mammals and the Origin of Lactation and Placentation
David Brawand, Walter Wahli, and Henrik Kaessmann
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e63. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060063.
PMCID: PMC2267819
Two Seemingly Homologous Noncoding RNAs Act Hierarchically to Activate glmS mRNA Translation
Johannes H Urban and Jörg Vogel
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e64. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060064.
PMCID: PMC2267818
Dynamic Remodeling of Individual Nucleosomes Across a Eukaryotic Genome in Response to Transcriptional Perturbation
Sushma Shivaswamy, Akshay Bhinge, Yongjun Zhao, Steven Jones, Martin Hirst, and Vishwanath R Iyer
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e65. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060065.
PMCID: PMC2267817
Phosphorylation-Independent Regulation of the Diguanylate Cyclase WspR
Nabanita De, Michelle Pirruccello, Petya Violinova Krasteva, Narae Bae, Rahul Veera Raghavan, and Holger Sondermann
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e67. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060067.
PMCID: PMC2270323
Functional Adaptation of a Plant Receptor- Kinase Paved the Way for the Evolution of Intracellular Root Symbioses with Bacteria
Katharina Markmann, Gábor Giczey, and Martin Parniske
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e68. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060068.
PMCID: PMC2270324
Circadian Remodeling of Neuronal Circuits Involved in Rhythmic Behavior
María Paz Fernández, Jimena Berni, and María Fernanda Ceriani
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e69. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060069.
PMCID: PMC2270325
Density-Dependent Cladogenesis in Birds
Albert B Phillimore and Trevor D Price
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e71. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060071.
PMCID: PMC2270327
Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines
Karen R Lips, Jay Diffendorfer, Joseph R Mendelson, III, and Michael W Sears
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e72. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060072.
PMCID: PMC2270328
Correction
Correction: Relationship Between Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Dysfunction, Development, and Life Extension in Caenorhabditis elegans
Shane L Rea, Natascia Ventura, and Thomas E Johnson
PLoS Biol. 2008 March; 6(3): e78. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060078.
PMCID: PMC2270333
Corrects: Shane L Rea, et al. Relationship Between Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Dysfunction, Development, and Life Extension in Caenorhabditis elegans . PLoS Biol. 2007 October; 5(10): e259.
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