Monthly Archives: March 2012

Microbiome is now accepting submissions!

There are more microorganisms within our bodies than there are human cells. The oceans teem with bacterial and viral microorganisms. The last few years have seen an explosion of research in identifying and characterising the microorganisms found in human and environmental niches, known as the microbiome. Microbiome is a new open access journal which aims… Read more »

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No publication charge on articles submitted to Aquatic Biosystems before June 2012

To celebrate the recent re-launch of Aquatic Biosystems from its previous title Saline Systems, the journal has introduced an article processing charge free period until 1st June 2012 for all new submissions. Aquatic Biosystems publishes high quality articles on all aspects of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms and environments. Amongst the first articles… Read more »

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Flavour – a new journal launched today

Flavour is a new multi-disciplinary journal that launches today with BioMed Central. The journal covers all aspects of eating food, as mediated through the senses, and welcomes contributions from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, genetics, sensory science and food chemistry. Flavour especially encourages contributions from chefs, often working in collaboration with academic research groups. The… Read more »

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Spicing up splicing – with poison exons

Regulatory networks in which proteins bind to DNA to alter gene expression are a well established feature of cell biology, but less is known about whether this concept is mirrored by proteins that form interactions with RNA. In a new article published in Genome Biology, an international team of researchers led by Karla Neugebauer (Max… Read more »

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Palms, peccaries and perturbations

The role of small scale disturbances in shaping tropical forests is explored in new research by Simon Queenborough and colleagues published in BMC Ecology. Whilst large scale damage to forests, due to factors such as hurricanes or lighting, has a big impact on forest structure the effect of smaller disturbances can sometimes be overlooked. This… Read more »

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How flowers became zygomorphic

Some of the largest angiosperm families consist of species with bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic) flowers (e.g. legumes, daisies and orchids). The very large sizes of these families is explained by some as a consequence of an association between this pattern of flower morphology and increased pollinator specialization and speciation rates. Studies of the specific genetic basis… Read more »

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No publication charge on articles submitted to Aquatic Biosystems before June 2012

To celebrate the recent re-launch of Aquatic Biosystems from its previous title Saline Systems, the journal has introduced an article processing charge free period until 1st June 2012 for all new submissions. Aquatic Biosystems publishes high quality articles on all aspects of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms and environments. Amongst the first articles… Read more »

Biology

Topographic modelling and the global search for ring species

‘Ring species’ or ‘circular overlaps’ present a unique opportunity to reconstruct the history of speciation.  They occur when a chain of gradually diverging populations encircles a geographic barrier.  Interbreeding occurs between neighbouring populations, but the two ends of the chain eventually meet as reproductively isolated species.  They thus allow us to follow the process of… Read more »

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JPA publishes its first thematic series, Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Journal of Physiological Anthropology today published the first installment of its thematic series entitled Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. With a preface provided by guest Editor and Editorial Board Member, Professor Shigekazu Higuchi, Department of Human Science, Kyushu University, Japan. The article by Waterhouse et al., Daily rhythms of the sleep-wake cycle reviews the architecture of… Read more »

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