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Abstracts: Our limited ocean. Hey, who turned the water off? Caviar emptor: let the connoisseur beware
Abstracts: Our relative genetics. Engulfed by speculation. Relativity for molecular clocks
Abstracts: Outbred embryos rescue inbred half-siblings in mixed-paternity broods of live-bearing females. Reproductive mode and the genetic benefits of polyandry
Abstracts: Outcome of aggressive interactions between American black ducks and mallards during the breeding season. Survival of American black ducks radiomarked in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Vermont
Abstracts: Outcry as 'scientific' badger cull is launched to target TB. Badger cull culled
Abstracts: Out of Africa and into Asia. Ecce homo - behold mankind. Four legs good, two legs better
Abstracts: Out of bounds. The same but different. A breed apart
Abstracts: Out of many, one. New rules in Britain make it harder for older scientists to use animals. UK moves closer to free market for research funding
Abstracts: Out of order. A story of singular degeneracy. An ancient view of acceleration
Abstracts: Out of sight but not out of mind: modulation of recruitment according to home range marking in ants. Learned magnetic compass orientation by the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus
Abstracts: Out of the blue. Grey Nurse Shark: the Grey Nurse Shark became the first protected shark in the world. Box jellies
Abstracts: Out of the lab and into the marketplace. Diverse opportunities for immunologists. Spectroscopic analysis
Abstracts: Outrageous fortune. Theorists snap over string pieces. Seeking absolute security
Abstracts: Outreach and beyond! Meeting the Crucible Challenge. Marine's new plan for Camp Pendleton
Abstracts: Outsmarted by ants. Teaching in tandem-running ants. Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions
Abstracts: Outspoken: Mike Griffin on the NASA budget. Planet-hunters seek cheap missions. Earth science loses autonomy as NASA switches focus to the Moon
Abstracts: Overexpression of the HDL receptor SR-BI alters plasma HDL and bile cholesterol levels. HIV-1 subtype and second-receptor use
Abstracts: Overexpression of the HDL receptor SR-BI alters plasma HDL and bile cholesterol levels. part 2 Combating cholesterol
Abstracts: Overlapping and matching in the song contests of black-capped chickadees. Aggressive responses of male and female rufous-and-white wrens to stereo duet playback
Abstracts: Overnight memory retention of foraging skills by bumblebees is imperfect. Response to topography in a hilltopping butterfly and implications for modeling nonrandom dispersal
Abstracts: Overview of the legislative mandates and the agencies responsible for implementation of southern sea otter protection under the Endangered Species Act
Abstracts: Overview of the yeast genome. The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XIV and its evolutionary implications
Abstracts: Oviposition site selection: unresponsiveness of Drosophila to cues of potential thermal stress. Nutritional stress and behavioral immunity of damselflies
Abstracts: Ovulated oocytes in adult mice derive from non-circulating germ cells. Derivation of embryonic germ cells and male gametes from embryonic stem cells
Abstracts: Oxbridge-on-sea. Clone your own legend. Standing on shaky ground
Abstracts: Oxford professor faces business link inquiry. Britain faces up to a transparency review. Culling plans put future of red deer study in jeopardy
Abstracts: Oxidation state of the active-site cysteine in protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. alpha-Neurexins couple Ca (super)2+ channels to synaptic vesicle exocytosis
Abstracts: Oxidative damage in Alzheimer's. Hypothalamic CART is a new anorectic peptide regulated by leptin. Leptin inhibits hypothalamic neurons by activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels
Abstracts: Oxygen isotope evidence against bulk recycled sediment in the mantle sources of Pitcairn Island lavas. Oxygen-isotope evidence for recycled crust in the sources of mid-ocean-ridge basalts
Abstracts: Oxytocin facilitates behavioural, metabolic and physiological adaptations during lactation. The effects of conditioning to suckling, milking and of calf presence on the release of oxytocin in dairy cows
Abstracts: Ozone depletion in the upper stratosphere estimated from satellite and Space Shuttle data. Formation of ozone by fireworks
Abstracts: Ozone layer chemists represent Nobel 'first.' Stratospheric ClO and ozone from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Abstracts: Ozone-rich transients in the upper equatorial Atlantic troposphere. Seasonal cycle of surface ozone over the western North Atlantic
Abstracts: p14ARF links the tumour suppressors RB and p53. Cracking the calcium entry code. Annotation: cancer: guarding the guardian
Abstracts: p[15.super.Ink4b] is a critical tumour suppressor in the absence of p[16.super.Ink4b]. Loss of p16inka4a confers susceptibility to metastatic melanoma in mice
Abstracts: [p16.sup.ink4a] Induces an age-dependent decline in islet regenerative potential. Stem-cell ageing modified by the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor [p16.sup.ink4a]
Abstracts: p19(super ARF) directly and differentially controls the functions of c-Myc independently of p53. Mentors and manipulation
Abstracts: p25 protein in neurodegeneration. Human chromosome 21: landmarks in chromosome sequencing. The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21
Abstracts: p53 and treatment of bladder cancer. Expandable DNA repeats and human disease. Epigenetics in human disease and prospects for epigenetic therapy
Abstracts: p53, guardian of the genome. A death in the life of p53. Checkpoint policing by p53
Abstracts: P53-induced inhibition of Hif-1 causes cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload. The unusual suspect
Abstracts: p53 inhibition by the LANA protein of KSHV protects against cell death. Challenges and opportunities for development of an AIDS vaccine
Abstracts: P53 polymorphism and risk of cervical cancer. Are lemmings prey or predators? Apostatic selection by blue jays produces balanced polymorphism in virtual prey
Abstracts: p53 sends nucleotides to repair DNA. Cyclin D2 is an FSH-responsive gene involved in gonadal cell proliferation and oncogenesis
Abstracts: p73-deficient mice have neurological, pheromonal and inflammatory defects but lack spontaneous tumours. Increased NMDA current and spine density in mice lacking the NMDA receptor subunit NR3A
Abstracts: p73 is a human p53-related protein that can induce apoptosis. A receptor for phosphatidylserine-specific clearance of apoptotic cells
Abstracts: p73 is regulated by tyrosine kinase c-Abl in the apoptic response to DNA damage. Defying death after DNA damage
Abstracts: Pacific sunrise. Burst of energy. Small steps towards campus child care
Abstracts: Packet jams clog international highways. Chair of GMO panel resigns over maize. Internet growth - boom or bust?
Abstracts: Packing away carbon isotopes. Avoiding a permanent ice age. Tectonic forcing of late Cenozoic climate
Abstracts: Packing grains by thermal cycling. Interstellar grains in meteorites. Turning fields into grains
Abstracts: Paedomorphosis affects agonistic visual signals of domestic dogs. Do dogs respond to play signals given by humans?
Abstracts: Painful choices. A short seller makes a long bet. The pride of Cerro Punta
Abstracts: Painting by numbers: Margaret Leiteritz turns scientific graphs into painted diagrams. Luminet's illuminations: cosmological modelling and the art of intuition
Abstracts: Paired-spike interactions and synaptic efficacy of retinal inputs to the thalamus. Retrospective and prospective coding for predicted reward in the sensory thalamus
Abstracts: Pakistan weighs up impact of sanctions. The continuing question of the bomb. Imprisoning the beams of the sun
Abstracts: Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Cretaceous Arctic Ocean. Evidence for a K/T impact event in the Pacific Ocean
Abstracts: Palaeocene therapsid debate. A Palaeocene proboscidean from Morocco. Advanced fuels under debate
Abstracts: Palaeo-CO2 and climate. Orbital forcing of deep-sea benthic species diversity. Tectonic forcing of late Cenozoic climate
Abstracts: Palaeomagnetism of the Vredefort meteorite crater and implications for craters on Mars. Explosive craters and soil liquefaction
Abstracts: Palaeontology: Modern look for ancient lamprey. A lamprey from the Devonian period of South Africa. Forerunners of four legs
Abstracts: Palaeozoic and Proterozoic zircons from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Palaeozoic crustal growth in Eurasia
Abstracts: Palestinian unease sparks fresh calls for Israeli boycott. Arab state pours oil profits into science. Across the great divide
Abstracts: Pall hangs over desert's future as alien weeds fuel wildfires. Primatologist rocks Gibraltar by quitting over macaque cull
Abstracts: Pancreatic beta-cells are rendered glucose-competent by the insulinotropic hormone glucagon-like peptide-1(7-37)
Abstracts: Pandemic 'dry run' is cause for concern. France lays plans for a green future. 'Refusal to share' leaves agency struggling to monitor bird flu
Abstracts: Panel calls for overhaul of AIDS research. NIH strives to keep resource sharing alive. NIH's way of setting priorities endorsed
Abstracts: Panel offers compromise on food labelling. Europe agrees a compromise on food labels. Long-term effect of GM crops serves up food for thought
Abstracts: Panel quits in row over sonar damage. Scientists finally get their hands on Kennewick man. Scientists split over regulations on sonar use
Abstracts: Panel seeks fresh course for ocean research. Scientists as policy-makers. Panel calls for sea change to fisheries policy
Abstracts: Panel seeks 'fundamental' shift in handling of observation data. Congress searches for new role for energy laboratories
Abstracts: Panel slated for leniency over study of NIH consulting roles. Bush accused of power abuse over science
Abstracts: Panel suggests big changes at Japan's leading University. Japan pledges new aid to Minamata victims. Rising toll from AIDS in Japan prompts big jump in spending
Abstracts: Pangolin encodes a Lef-1 homologue that acts downstream of Armadillo to transduce the Wingless signal in Drosophila
Abstracts: Panning for gold at the K stream. Liberating quarks and gluons. When words fail
Abstracts: Panorama(super TM) human p53 functional protein array: A useful tool for accurate identification of p53 interactions
Abstracts: Para-aortic splanchnopleura from early mouse embryos contains B1a cell progenitors. Flk1-positive cells derived from embryonic stem cells serve as vascular progenitors
Abstracts: Paraflagellar rod is vital for trypanosome motility. Apolipoprotein L-l is the trypanosome lytic factor of human serum
Abstracts: 'Parallel trick' for ddI. New York State leads on genetic fingerprinting. Abortion issue destroys board
Abstracts: Paralysed by politics, EPA delays spending any money on EMF research. NIH scientists chafe under ethics rules on industry ties
Abstracts: Paramagnetic Meissner effect in small superconductors. The structure of suspended graphene sheets. Subtomic movements of a domain wall in the Peierls potential
Abstracts: Parameter estimation in encounter sampling surveys. A population estimate for golden eagles in the Western United States
Abstracts: Parametric oscillation in vertical triple microcavities. Beyond diffraction. Redistribution of energy available for ocean mixing by long-range propagation of internal waves
Abstracts: Parasite clones in the wild. Bottoms up for the oceans. Case studies of extinction
Abstracts: Parasite conservation and the black-footed ferret recovery program. Incentives for biological conservation: Costa Rica's Private Wildlife Refuge Program
Abstracts: Parasite-induced change in host behaviour and susceptibility to predation in an eye fluke-fish interaction. Is there a fish alarm cue? affirming evidence from a wild study
Abstracts: Parasites influence social rank and morphology, but not mate choice, in female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. The effects of age and previous experience on social rank in female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus spadiceus
Abstracts: Parasites promote mating success: the case of a midge and a mite. Small males are more symmetrical: mating success in the midge Chironomus plumosus L. (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Abstracts: Parasite survives predation on its host. Arboreal ants build traps to capture prey. Stage-structured cycles promote genetic diversity in a predator-prey system of Daphnia and algae
Abstracts: Parasitized female guppies do not prefer showy males. Sexual conflict over mating system: the case of a pair-territorial filefish without parental care
Abstracts: Parasitoid foraging decisions mediated by artificial vibrations. Clutch size decisions of a gregarious parasitoid under laboratory and field conditions
Abstracts: Parental allocation of food to nestling tree swallows: the influence of nestling behavior, sex and paternity. Confidence of paternity and male parental care: an experimental study in tree swallows
Abstracts: Parental behaviour in relation to the occurrence of sneaking in the common goby. The capacity for additional matings does not affect male mating competition in the sand goby
Abstracts: Parental care and offspring survival in Copris incertus Say, a sub-social beetle. Male horn dimorphism in the scarab beetle, Onthophagus taurus: Do alternative reproductive tactics favour alternative phenotypes?
Abstracts: Parental care protects against infanticide in the lizard Egernia saxatilis (Scincidae). Division of labor in parental care behavior of a sex-role-reversed shorebird, the wattled jacana
Abstracts: Parental conflict overcome. New home for tiny aquatics. Ancient microRNA target sequences in plants: a gene-regulation mechanism in plants predates the emergence of flowering species
Abstracts: Parental division of labour and the shift from minimal to maximal role specializations: an examination using a biparental fish
Abstracts: Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian. Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar
Abstracts: Parental recycling of nestling faeces in the common swift. Phytohaemagglutinin injection assay and physiological stress in nestling house martins
Abstracts: Parenting styles of abusive mothers in group-living rhesus macaques. First steps in the macaque world: do rhesus mothers encourage their infants' independent locomotion?
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