Editors-in-Chief: Eugene V Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH; Laura F Landweber, Princeton University; David J Lipman, National Center Biotechnology Information, NIH
Biology Direct considers original research articles, hypotheses, comments, discovery notes and reviews in selected subject areas, and will eventually cover the full spectrum of biology.
Subject areas already launched include:
- Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - Edited by Eugene Koonin, Laura Landweber, & David Lipman
- Immunology - Edited by Neil S Greenspan & David R Kaplan
- Mathematical Biology - Edited by Marek Kimmel.
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In 2009, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and
the 150th anniversary of the publication of the "Origin of Species", Biology
Direct plans to publish a thematic series dedicated to the current state
of Evolutionary Biology, under the general heading "Evolutionary Biology 150
after the 'Origin': Is a post-modern synthesis in sight?" The series will consist
of a number of critical reviews and discussion articles that will investigate
and assess today's understanding of evolution at all levels, the fate of the
legacy of Darwin and the Modern Synthesis, and the goals and prospects for the
next half-century; original contributions with broad implications and extended
discussion will be considered as well. Some of the contributions will be invited
but proposals are welcome and should be emailed to Eugene
Koonin.
The deadline for proposal submission is July 1, 2009.
Latest articles
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Genomic analysis of an emerging multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus strain rapidly spreading in cystic fibrosis patients revealed the presence of an antibiotic inducible bacteriophage Jean-Marc Rolain, Patrice Francois, David Hernandez, Fadi Bittar, Herve Richet, Ghislain Fournous, Yves Mattenberger, Emmanuelle Bosdure, Nathalie Stremler, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Jacques Sarles, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Stephanie Boniface, Jacques Schrenzel, Didier Raoult Biology Direct 2009, 4:1 (13 January 2009) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
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Discovery notes
A DNA topoisomerase IB in Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya Céline Brochier-Armanet, Simonetta Gribaldo, Patrick Forterre Biology Direct 2008, 3:54 (23 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Evidence from glycine transfer RNA of a frozen accident at the dawn of the genetic code Harold S Bernhardt, Warren P Tate Biology Direct 2008, 3:53 (17 December 2008) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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We present evidence the first tRNA was specific for glycine, with an NCC anticodon derived from the 3'-CCA of a duplicated hairpin precursor, heralding the dawn of the genetic code.
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Pitfalls of the most commonly used models of context dependent substitution Helen Lindsay, Von Bing Yap, Hua Ying, Gavin A Huttley Biology Direct 2008, 3:52 (16 December 2008) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Rate parameters in the most popular context dependent substitution model form are confounded with nucleotide composition, but this problem is absent in a less popular alternative.
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The evolution of domain-content in bacterial genomes Nacho Molina, Erik van Nimwegen Biology Direct 2008, 3:51 (11 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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