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		Editorial Open questions about influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:68 (2 October 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Nursing some sense out of Myc Nicole M Sodir, Gerard I Evan Journal of Biology 2009, 8:77 (28 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The transcriptional regulator Myc drives the proliferation of most tumor cells, but is also important for many normal functions. Sodir and Evan discuss a paper in BMC Biology that, among others, suggests the normal functions can survive inhibition of Myc.
		Minireview Physical forces in myelination and repair: a question of balance? Nina G Bauer, Charles ffrench-Constant Journal of Biology 2009, 8:78 (25 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Bauer and ffrench-constant discuss a BMC Cell Biology paper suggesting how the balance of intracellular contractile forces and extracellular attachments may direct myelination, and could explain why remyelination fails in multiple sclerosis.
		Minireview Deciphering the genetic code of morphogenesis using functional genomics Athea Vichas, Jennifer A Zallen Journal of Biology 2009, 8:76 (22 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Vichas and Zallen review the routes from genome-wide data-sets to functional characterization, in the light of a temporal and spatial screen published in BMC Biology which identifies 55 previously unknown genes expressed during Drosophila gastrulation.
		Opinion The 'stem cell' concept: is it holding us back? Arthur D Lander Journal of Biology 2009, 8:70 (21 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 2 comments \| Editor’s summary Arthur Lander argues that the molecular definition of a stem cell is a mirage and 'stemness' is an emergent property of cells in their physiological context, so that the current concept is arguably an obstacle to research.
		Question & Answer Q&A: What have we found out about the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic virus? Stephen J Turner, Lorena E Brown, Peter C Doherty, Anne Kelso Journal of Biology 2009, 8:69 (18 September 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stephen Turner and colleagues follow up their earlier Q&A on influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and ask what we now know about its transmissibility, pathogenicity and variability, and the likelihood of more severe disease in the Northern hemisphere winter.
		Minireview Complementary pathways in mammalian female sex determination Serge Nef, Jean-Dominique Vassalli Journal of Biology 2009, 8:74 (2 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Nef and Vassalli discuss the molecular basis of female sex determination in the light of a recent BMC Developmental Biology paper identifying two independent and complementary signaling pathways that promote ovarian fate and repress testicular development.
		Minireview Motifs from the deep Tony W Hwang, Vlad Codrea, Andrew D Ellington Journal of Biology 2009, 8:72 (2 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Ellington and colleagues review a new method published in BMC Genomics developed to search for noncoding RNAs in marine metagenomic data, and that identified eight novel RNA motifs including a new riboswitch class.
		Minireview The absolute pitch mind continues to reveal itself Patrick Bermudez, Robert J Zatorre Journal of Biology 2009, 8:75 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Insulators as mediators of intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions: a common evolutionary theme Chin-Tong Ong, Victor G Corces Journal of Biology 2009, 8:73 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Ong and Corces review the long-range inter- and intrachromosomal interactions that regulate gene expression in eukaryotes and discuss a recent study in BMC Molecular Biology that helps illustrate the diversity of insulation mechanisms at the interaction points.
		Minireview The complex genetic basis of simple behavior Anna J Jasinska, Nelson B Freimer Journal of Biology 2009, 8:71 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Jasinska and Freimer discuss a recent paper in BMC Biology by Mackay and colleagues that reveals the complex genetics behind fruitfly aggression, with implications for the dissection of human behaviours
		Editorial Dysregulating the regulators Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:60 (27 August 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Opinion Beyond toxicity: aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated functions in the immune system Brigitta Stockinger Journal of Biology 2009, 8:61 (17 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Brigitta Stockinger argues that the immunosuppressive effects of dioxin and other toxic aryl hydrocarbons may reflect disruption of the regulatory interactions between immune cells, which variably express the specific receptor for these compounds.
		Minireview Infectious causes of cancer and their detection Lucy Dalton-Griffin, Paul Kellam Journal of Biology 2009, 8:67 (11 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Lucy Dalton-Griffin and Paul Kellam discuss the role of viruses in cancer following a recent paper in BMC Medical Genomics describing a new method of detecting viral DNA in cancer cells.
		Minireview The human spermatozoon – a stripped down but refined machine Christopher LR Barratt, Vanessa Kay, Senga K Oxenham Journal of Biology 2009, 8:63 (7 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Christopher Barratt and colleagues review our current knowledge of the human sperm cell and available treatments for male subfertility in the light of a recent paper in BMC Developmental Biology on the role of the annulus.
		Minireview Parasite immunomodulation and polymorphisms of the immune system Rick M Maizels Journal of Biology 2009, 8:62 (5 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Rick Maizels discusses a recent paper in BMC Biology on wild mammals that lend support to the hygiene hypothesis, and explains why genetic variants that reduce parasite-induced immunosuppression are associated with an increase in allergic reactions.
		Minireview From bending DNA to diabetes: the curious case of HMGA1 Robert K Semple Journal of Biology 2009, 8:64 (27 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Robert Semple reviews new findings published in BMC Biology that help explain how deficiencies in the DNA-bending protein HMGA1 can cause type 2 diabetes and low levels of the insulin receptor but paradoxically increased insulin sensitivity.
		Minireview The where and wherefore of evolutionary breakpoints David Sankoff Journal of Biology 2009, 8:66 (24 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary David Sankoff discusses the properties of chromatin in breakpoint regions and their relevance to evolutionary change in the light of two recent papers in BMC Genomics.
		Minireview Comparative embryology without a microscope: using genomic approaches to understand the evolution of development David A Garfield, Gregory A Wray Journal of Biology 2009, 8:65 (21 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The early stages of development are generally very highly conserved. Garfield and Wray discuss recent genome-scale studies published in BMC Biology and aimed at testing three theories of how selection acts on early embryos.
		Editorial Of primordial genomes and cooperative kittens Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:52 (20 July 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Search for a 'Tree of Life' in the thicket of the phylogenetic forest Pere Puigbò, Yuri I Wolf, Eugene V Koonin Journal of Biology 2009, 8:59 (13 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Koonin and colleagues, comparing a forest of 7000 phylogenetic trees, discern vertical inheritance even at the earliest stages of prokaryotic evolution, despite horizontal gene transfer, but the branching order of the earliest radiations may never be resolved.
		Minireview Trees in the Web of Life Kristen S Swithers, J Peter Gogarten, Gregory P Fournier Journal of Biology 2009, 8:54 (13 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Gogarten and colleagues review new research by Koonin and colleagues in Journal of Biology and explain how the obstacle of horizontal gene transfer can be circumvented to reconstruct the prokaryotic Tree of Life.
		Minireview Vernalization in cereals Elizabeth S Dennis, W James Peacock Journal of Biology 2009, 8:57 (22 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Elizabeth Dennis and James Peacock review recent advances in the molecular basis of the vernalization response that, with the increase in day length at the end of the winter season, triggers flowering.
		Minireview Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin? Heikki Helanterä Journal of Biology 2009, 8:56 (18 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations Charalambos P Kyriacou Journal of Biology 2009, 8:55 (18 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The magnetosensitivity that guides the annual autumn migration of the Monarch butterfly from eastern North America to Mexico is, Charalambos Kyriacou tells us, beginning to yield to molecular analysis.

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		Editorial Open questions about influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:68 (2 October 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Nursing some sense out of Myc Nicole M Sodir, Gerard I Evan Journal of Biology 2009, 8:77 (28 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The transcriptional regulator Myc drives the proliferation of most tumor cells, but is also important for many normal functions. Sodir and Evan discuss a paper in BMC Biology that, among others, suggests the normal functions can survive inhibition of Myc.
		Minireview Physical forces in myelination and repair: a question of balance? Nina G Bauer, Charles ffrench-Constant Journal of Biology 2009, 8:78 (25 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Bauer and ffrench-constant discuss a BMC Cell Biology paper suggesting how the balance of intracellular contractile forces and extracellular attachments may direct myelination, and could explain why remyelination fails in multiple sclerosis.
		Minireview Deciphering the genetic code of morphogenesis using functional genomics Athea Vichas, Jennifer A Zallen Journal of Biology 2009, 8:76 (22 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Vichas and Zallen review the routes from genome-wide data-sets to functional characterization, in the light of a temporal and spatial screen published in BMC Biology which identifies 55 previously unknown genes expressed during Drosophila gastrulation.
		Opinion The 'stem cell' concept: is it holding us back? Arthur D Lander Journal of Biology 2009, 8:70 (21 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 2 comments \| Editor’s summary Arthur Lander argues that the molecular definition of a stem cell is a mirage and 'stemness' is an emergent property of cells in their physiological context, so that the current concept is arguably an obstacle to research.
		Question & Answer Q&A: What have we found out about the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic virus? Stephen J Turner, Lorena E Brown, Peter C Doherty, Anne Kelso Journal of Biology 2009, 8:69 (18 September 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stephen Turner and colleagues follow up their earlier Q&A on influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and ask what we now know about its transmissibility, pathogenicity and variability, and the likelihood of more severe disease in the Northern hemisphere winter.
		Minireview Complementary pathways in mammalian female sex determination Serge Nef, Jean-Dominique Vassalli Journal of Biology 2009, 8:74 (2 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Nef and Vassalli discuss the molecular basis of female sex determination in the light of a recent BMC Developmental Biology paper identifying two independent and complementary signaling pathways that promote ovarian fate and repress testicular development.
		Minireview Motifs from the deep Tony W Hwang, Vlad Codrea, Andrew D Ellington Journal of Biology 2009, 8:72 (2 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Ellington and colleagues review a new method published in BMC Genomics developed to search for noncoding RNAs in marine metagenomic data, and that identified eight novel RNA motifs including a new riboswitch class.
		Minireview The absolute pitch mind continues to reveal itself Patrick Bermudez, Robert J Zatorre Journal of Biology 2009, 8:75 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Insulators as mediators of intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions: a common evolutionary theme Chin-Tong Ong, Victor G Corces Journal of Biology 2009, 8:73 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Ong and Corces review the long-range inter- and intrachromosomal interactions that regulate gene expression in eukaryotes and discuss a recent study in BMC Molecular Biology that helps illustrate the diversity of insulation mechanisms at the interaction points.
		Minireview The complex genetic basis of simple behavior Anna J Jasinska, Nelson B Freimer Journal of Biology 2009, 8:71 (27 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Jasinska and Freimer discuss a recent paper in BMC Biology by Mackay and colleagues that reveals the complex genetics behind fruitfly aggression, with implications for the dissection of human behaviours
		Editorial Dysregulating the regulators Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:60 (27 August 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Opinion Beyond toxicity: aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated functions in the immune system Brigitta Stockinger Journal of Biology 2009, 8:61 (17 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Brigitta Stockinger argues that the immunosuppressive effects of dioxin and other toxic aryl hydrocarbons may reflect disruption of the regulatory interactions between immune cells, which variably express the specific receptor for these compounds.
		Minireview Infectious causes of cancer and their detection Lucy Dalton-Griffin, Paul Kellam Journal of Biology 2009, 8:67 (11 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Lucy Dalton-Griffin and Paul Kellam discuss the role of viruses in cancer following a recent paper in BMC Medical Genomics describing a new method of detecting viral DNA in cancer cells.
		Minireview The human spermatozoon – a stripped down but refined machine Christopher LR Barratt, Vanessa Kay, Senga K Oxenham Journal of Biology 2009, 8:63 (7 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Christopher Barratt and colleagues review our current knowledge of the human sperm cell and available treatments for male subfertility in the light of a recent paper in BMC Developmental Biology on the role of the annulus.
		Minireview Parasite immunomodulation and polymorphisms of the immune system Rick M Maizels Journal of Biology 2009, 8:62 (5 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Rick Maizels discusses a recent paper in BMC Biology on wild mammals that lend support to the hygiene hypothesis, and explains why genetic variants that reduce parasite-induced immunosuppression are associated with an increase in allergic reactions.
		Minireview From bending DNA to diabetes: the curious case of HMGA1 Robert K Semple Journal of Biology 2009, 8:64 (27 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Robert Semple reviews new findings published in BMC Biology that help explain how deficiencies in the DNA-bending protein HMGA1 can cause type 2 diabetes and low levels of the insulin receptor but paradoxically increased insulin sensitivity.
		Minireview The where and wherefore of evolutionary breakpoints David Sankoff Journal of Biology 2009, 8:66 (24 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary David Sankoff discusses the properties of chromatin in breakpoint regions and their relevance to evolutionary change in the light of two recent papers in BMC Genomics.
		Minireview Comparative embryology without a microscope: using genomic approaches to understand the evolution of development David A Garfield, Gregory A Wray Journal of Biology 2009, 8:65 (21 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The early stages of development are generally very highly conserved. Garfield and Wray discuss recent genome-scale studies published in BMC Biology and aimed at testing three theories of how selection acts on early embryos.
		Editorial Of primordial genomes and cooperative kittens Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:52 (20 July 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Search for a 'Tree of Life' in the thicket of the phylogenetic forest Pere Puigbò, Yuri I Wolf, Eugene V Koonin Journal of Biology 2009, 8:59 (13 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Koonin and colleagues, comparing a forest of 7000 phylogenetic trees, discern vertical inheritance even at the earliest stages of prokaryotic evolution, despite horizontal gene transfer, but the branching order of the earliest radiations may never be resolved.
		Minireview Trees in the Web of Life Kristen S Swithers, J Peter Gogarten, Gregory P Fournier Journal of Biology 2009, 8:54 (13 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Gogarten and colleagues review new research by Koonin and colleagues in Journal of Biology and explain how the obstacle of horizontal gene transfer can be circumvented to reconstruct the prokaryotic Tree of Life.
		Minireview Vernalization in cereals Elizabeth S Dennis, W James Peacock Journal of Biology 2009, 8:57 (22 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Elizabeth Dennis and James Peacock review recent advances in the molecular basis of the vernalization response that, with the increase in day length at the end of the winter season, triggers flowering.
		Minireview Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin? Heikki Helanterä Journal of Biology 2009, 8:56 (18 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Clocks, cryptochromes and Monarch migrations Charalambos P Kyriacou Journal of Biology 2009, 8:55 (18 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The magnetosensitivity that guides the annual autumn migration of the Monarch butterfly from eastern North America to Mexico is, Charalambos Kyriacou tells us, beginning to yield to molecular analysis.