PLoS Biology, December episode

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PLoS Biology, December episode

Roger Critchlow-2
There's a considerable pile of Christmas presents in the December issue
of PLoS Biology, all freely available.  The PLoS commissions Synopses
that explain research papers in English, hence there is more than one
title for some topics.

http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-toc&issn=1545-7885

Mathematics Is Biology's Next Microscope, Only Better; Biology Is
Mathematics' Next Physics, Only Better

        The coming revolution in mathematical biology.

Are Animals As Irrational As Humans?

State-Dependent Decisions Cause Apparent Violations of Rationality in
Animal Choice

        An explanation of irrational economic behavior in animals.

Genes, Genomes, and the Road to Diversity: How Regulatory Networks Evolve

Conservation and Evolution of Cis-Regulatory Systems in Ascomycete Fungi

        A comparative study of cis regulatory elements in fungi.

Using Biology to Create Complex Patterns

The Emergence of Complexity: Lessons from DNA

Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA Sierpinski Triangles

        How to program DNA to self-assemble Sierpinski triangles.

Ecology's Big, Hot Idea

        How allometric scaling laws have become metabolic ecology.

The What and Why of Research on Reinforcement

The Genetics of Speciation by Reinforcement

        Quantification of reinforcement speciation in Drosophila.

Regional Societies: Fostering Competitive Research Through Virtual
Infrastructures

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