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June 2010

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Fractionated inflorescences of maize.
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Just as the doubled genomes of maize have fractionated during evolution, so too have the inflorescences. Sorghum, like most members of the grass tribe Andropogoneae, combines male and female reproduction in a single inflorescence, while Zea mays possesses two specialized inflorescences—the tassel and ear—devoted to male and female reproduction respectively (see Woodhouse et al., e1000409).

Image Credit: Damon Lisch (University of California Berkeley)

Editorial

Reporting Animal Studies: Good Science and a Duty of Care

Catriona J. MacCallum

PLOS Biology: published June 29, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000413

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Synopses

Healing Spinal Cord Injuries

Robin Meadows

PLOS Biology: published June 22, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000400

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Hippocampal Neurons Keep Track of Two Things—One Moving, One Not—Simultaneously

Richard Robinson

PLOS Biology: published June 22, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000404

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Vestigial Rides a Fat/Dachsous Wave in Wing Development

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PLOS Biology: published June 1, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000389

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For Group II Introns, More Heat Means More Mobility

Richard Robinson

PLOS Biology: published June 8, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000392

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A Window on Maize Evolution

Mary Hoff

PLOS Biology: published June 29, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000411

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Essay

Distorted Views of Biodiversity: Spatial and Temporal Bias in Species Occurrence Data

Elizabeth H. Boakes, Philip J. K. McGowan, Richard A. Fuller, Ding Chang-qing, Natalie E. Clark, Kim O'Connor, Georgina M. Mace

PLOS Biology: published June 1, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000385

Perspective

Improving Bioscience Research Reporting: The ARRIVE Guidelines for Reporting Animal Research

Carol Kilkenny, William J. Browne, Innes C. Cuthill, Michael Emerson, Douglas G. Altman

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MicroRNAs and Developmental Robustness: A New Layer Is Revealed

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PLOS Biology: published June 15, 2010 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000397

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Research Articles

Axonal Dynamics of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in Somatosensory Cortex

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Ping K. Yip, Liang-Fong Wong, Thomas A. Sears, Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz, Stephen B. McMahon

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Dynamic Grouping of Hippocampal Neural Activity During Cognitive Control of Two Spatial Frames

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Asymmetric Excitatory Synaptic Dynamics Underlie Interaural Time Difference Processing in the Auditory System

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A Feed-Forward Circuit Linking Wingless, Fat-Dachsous Signaling, and the Warts-Hippo Pathway to Drosophila Wing Growth

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JNK Signalling Controls Remodelling of the Segment Boundary through Cell Reprogramming during Drosophila Morphogenesis

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