By Mark Estelle The sessile lifestyle of plants is enabled by remarkable developmental plasticity. Plant form is affected by a wide…
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Biology The XV Collection: Auxin Transport — more a River Delta than a StreamRead more
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Announcement The GIGA Collection: Invertebrates Galore!Read more
by Gert Wörheide Much of the world’s biodiversity to have evolved over the last 600+ million years of the Earth’s…
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Biology The XV Collection: Living l’AVIDA loca — origins of multicellularityRead more
by Harmit Malik Even before John Maynard Smith formalized the term, evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by major evolutionary transitions…
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Advocacy Post Removed by PLOSRead more
Statement from PLOS: Please note that this blog post covering the Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration (February 11…
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Biology The XV Collection: Perverse Outcomes of Novel TherapiesRead more
by Andrew Read Yale professor Steve Stearns once warned that the transition from Young Turk to Old Turkey happens quickly…
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Biology The XV Collection: Anatomy of a Protein Kinase Spine and How to Break ItRead more
by Ann Stock The post-translational addition of phosphate groups to serine, threonine and tyrosine residues is a fundamental strategy for…
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Advocacy Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in Biology and Medicine (July 28 – August 3, 2018): Lorena Infante LaraRead more
As part of its mission to encourage engagement within the genetics community, PLOS Genetics is sponsoring a number of conferences and meetings…
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Biology The XV Collection: Re-Interpreting Pheromone SignalingRead more
by Piali Sengupta Negative results that call into question a previously proposed model are generally difficult to publish unless they overturn…
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Biology The XV Collection: Effective Conservation Requires Science-Based DecisionsRead more
by Georgina Mace The efforts made by conservationists to preserve vulnerable species and sustain critical ecosystem services face increasing challenges. Funding…
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Biology The XV Collection: What Happens when the Antibiotic 1-2 Punch Backfires?Read more
by Michael Laub The rise of antibiotic resistance is a frightening reality. In response, many have insisted that we must find…
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Biology The XV Collection: How Bats Land Head-Over-HeelsRead more
by Anders Hedenström Flight in animals is energetically very costly, but because of its speed it can result in an…
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Biology Understanding Images: Traffic jam causes immune cell road rageRead more
Authors: Steven J. Del Signore and Avital A. Rodal, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, United States of America Competing…