PLOS Biology in the media – July

  PLOS Biology in the media – July   post-info The year is flying past, and July has been another month with several of our papers making the news. This month we’re covering sleeping flies,

Slice of PLOS: The Beauty of Butterflies

Jiggins-H-melpomene-aglaope-690x320AddThis Sharing Buttons above Still life with peaches and grapes (detail) by Abraham van Calraet c.1680 (via Wikimedia Commons) Butterflies’ special place in human culture stems from the fact that they have used their wings

This week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week you can read about wolves in Yellowstone National Park, regulation of hair growth, how proteins evolve new RNA-binding functions and the regulation of heat-shock response by histone demethylation.   Yellowstone Wolves and their Effects on … Continue reading »

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This week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about how plants cope with arsenic in the soil, the lengthening of tubular biological structures, disrupting protein translocation, and the need for transparency in grant reviews.   Living with Arsenic Arsenic is … Continue reading »

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This week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about brain folding in mammals, misfolded proteins in human genetic disease, and mechano-transduction.   Evolution of the Mammalian Cortex – Folded or Unfolded? The neocortex of the brain is highly expanded in … Continue reading »

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This week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read research articles about the regulation of glial cell activation, zinc regulation in E. coli and a new regulator of Wg/Wnt signalling. Also read articles from our magazine section on parasite tolerance, informal … Continue reading »

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Melanoma Cells: A Fatal Attraction to LPA

A hot day, blue sky and an even bluer sea. A perfect day to spend on the beach. But while our skin is sizzling, very few of us are aware of what some of our cells might be up to. … Continue reading »

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This Week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about social learning in chimps, how the central and peripheral nervous systems stay separate, how the bird wrist evolved, synchronising circadian clocks and a protein essential to the TFIIH complex. Social Learning of … Continue reading »

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This week in PLOS Biology

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about a new mechanism for incomplete puberty and infertility, and the control of embryonic tissue separation by ephrin/Eph pairs.

 

Rab3α Scaffolding and the Control of Puberty

Brooke Tata, Lukas Huijbregts, …

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