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p1 | doi:10.1038/35049500

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Research Highlights

Human genetics: Tuning in to perfect pitch

p3 | doi:10.1038/35049502

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Genetics policy

p4 | doi:10.1038/35049505

Genome evolution: Arabidopsis 4, Tomato 1

p4 | doi:10.1038/35049507

Human genetics: Expanding insight into myotonic dystrophy

p4 | doi:10.1038/35049604

News in Brief

Association studies | Microbial genomics | Mouse genetics | Cancer genetics

p5 | doi:10.1038/35049510

Immunogenetics: Not just another editor

p6 | doi:10.1038/35049514

Obesity: The mouse that eats less but gains weight

p7 | doi:10.1038/35049517

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Netting homologies

p7 | doi:10.1038/35049520

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The rice genome

p7 | doi:10.1038/35049607

Organogenesis: A mean spleen gene

p8 | doi:10.1038/35049522

Developmental biology: New balancing tricks

p8 | doi:10.1038/35049524

Evo-Devo: A head with no torso

p9 | doi:10.1038/35049527

Gene expression: The nonsense police

p9 | doi:10.1038/35049530

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Reviews

DNA methylation in health and disease

Keith D. Robertson & Alan P. Wolffe

p11 | doi:10.1038/35049533

Neuronal specification in the spinal cord: inductive signals and transcriptional codes

Thomas M. Jessell

p20 | doi:10.1038/35049541

Microbial genome analysis: insights into virulence, host adaptation and evolution

Brendan W. Wren

p30 | doi:10.1038/35049551

The origins, patterns and implications of human spontaneous mutation

James F. Crow

p40 | doi:10.1038/35049558

Molecular profiling of human cancer

Lance Liotta & Emanuel Petricoin

p48 | doi:10.1038/35049567

Diversification of haematopoietic stem cells to specific lineages

Stuart H. Orkin

p57 | doi:10.1038/35049577

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Perspectives

Timeline

Horticulture: the font for the baptism of genetics

Robert C. Olby

p65 | doi:10.1038/35049583

Science and society

Genomics in the public domain: strategy and policy

Rebecca S. Eisenberg

p70 | doi:10.1038/35049590

Opinion

Evo-devo: the evolution of a new discipline

Rudolf A. Raff

p74 | doi:10.1038/35049594

Natureview: Reviews and comment from nature journals

p80 | doi:10.1038/35049599

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