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| | Ford leaves a healthy legacy 285
doi:10.1038/265285a0
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| | Science as an education 286
In this shortened version of a talk he gave recently on BBC Radio 3, Professor Sir Hermann Bondi, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, argues for a view of science as an education of the mind, rather than as professional training
Hermann Bondi
doi:10.1038/265286a0
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| | Asia's marginal lands 287
Robert Orr Whyte examines the prospects for reclamation of an important natural resource
Robert Orr Whyte
doi:10.1038/265287a0
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| | Canada: Reorganisation in Ottawa 289
A long-awaited bill on governmental organisation of scientific activities was finally presented to the Canadian Parliament shortly before Christmas. David Spurgeon reports from Ottawa.
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/265289a0
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| | In Brief 290
doi:10.1038/265290a0
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| | Effective science 290
KENNETH MELLANBY
doi:10.1038/265290b0
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| | News and Views |  |
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| | Sea surface temperature and climate 291
P. B. Wright
doi:10.1038/265291a0
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| | A marine biologist at Pompeii AD 79 292
T. E. Thompson
doi:10.1038/265292a0
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| | Restating the self-thinning rule 295
Peter D. Moore
doi:10.1038/265295a0
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| | Persistent infections without proviral DNA 295
Robin Weiss
doi:10.1038/265295b0
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| | Cosmic X- and -ray line radiation 296
Andrew Fabian
doi:10.1038/265296a0
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| | Regulating gene expression in differentiation 297
Carol K. Klukas
doi:10.1038/265297a0
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| | Plasmids and pathogenicity 297
David Sherratt
doi:10.1038/265297b0
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| | Erratum 298
doi:10.1038/265298a0
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| | A hundred years ago 298
doi:10.1038/265298b0
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| | Molecular analysis of spontaneous somatic mutants 299
Kayode Adetugbo, César Milstein & David S. Secher
doi:10.1038/265299a0
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| | Mathematical models for the evolution of multigene families by unequal crossing over 304
Alan S. Perelson & George. I. Bell
doi:10.1038/265304a0
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| | A fossil skull probably of the genus Homo from Sterkfontein, Transvaal 310
Alun R. Hughes & Phillip V. Tobias
doi:10.1038/265310a0
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| | Letters |  |
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| | On the optical observation of galaxies with large redshifts 313
R. S. ELLIS, R. FONG & S. PHILLIPPS
doi:10.1038/265313a0
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| | The polarisation of nova Vulpeculae 314
P. G. MARTIN, J. MAZA & J. R. P. ANGEL
doi:10.1038/265314a0
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| | Radio 'jets' 315
W. J .M. VAN BREUGEL & G. K. MILEY
doi:10.1038/265315a0
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| | Frequency of nearby supernovae and climatic and biological catastrophes 318
D. H. CLARK, W. H. MCCREA & F. R. STEPHENSON
doi:10.1038/265318a0
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| | Balloon-borne chemiluminescent measurement of NO to 45 km 319
JOHN W. DRUMMOND, JAMES M. ROSEN & DAVID J. HOFMANN
doi:10.1038/265319a0
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| | Sea surface temperature related to rain in Ceará, north-eastern Brazil 320
CHARLES G. MARKHAM & DOUGLAS R. MCLAIN
doi:10.1038/265320a0
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| | Upper Jurassic pyroclastic rocks in Skye, west Scotland 323
R. W. O'B. KNOX
doi:10.1038/265323a0
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| | An unusual electromagnetic surface force 324
G. B. WALKER & G. WALKER
doi:10.1038/265324a0
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| | Insect growth regulator and sterile males for suppression of horn flies 325
JAMES L. ESCHLE, JOHN A. MILLER & C. D. SCHMIDT
doi:10.1038/265325a0
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| | Y chromosome controls mating behaviour on Anopheles mosquitoes 326
M. FRACCARO, L. TIEPOLO, U. LAUDANI, ANNALISA MARCHI & S. D. JAYAKAR
doi:10.1038/265326a0
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| | Cadmium tolerance in populations of Agrostis tenuis and Festuca ovina
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ERIC SIMON
doi:10.1038/265328a0
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| | Self-thinning driven by leaf area not by weight 330
MARK WESTOBY
doi:10.1038/265330a0
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| | New structure associated with stomatal complex of the fern Polypodium vulgare
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R. A. STEVENS & E. S. MARTIN
doi:10.1038/265331a0
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| | Stem anatomy and sheathing mycorrhizas in the Betula verrucosa-Amanita muscaria relationship 334
P. A. MASON, J. PELHAM & F. T. LAST
doi:10.1038/265334a0
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| | Phytochrome-initiated fast rhythm controlling developmental response 335
ANNE GREGORY & ATTILA O. KLEIN
doi:10.1038/265335a0
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| | Two previously undescribed potato viruses from South America 337
L. F. SALAZAR & B. D. HARRISON
doi:10.1038/265337a0
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| | Control of inner cell mass development in cultured mouse blastocysts 338
MARILYN MONK & ULRICH PETZOLDT
doi:10.1038/265338a0
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| | -retinoic acid inhibits and reverses testosterone-induced hyperplasia in mouse prostate organ cultures 339
DHARAM P. CHOPRA & LEE J. WILKOFF
doi:10.1038/265339a0
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| | Virulence and toxicity of axenic Entamoeba histolytica
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H. J. Bos & R. J. VAN DE GRIEND
doi:10.1038/265341a0
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| | Failure of BCG to protect calves against Babesia divergens infection 343
D. W. BROCKLESBY & R. E. PURNELL
doi:10.1038/265343a0
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| | Development of resistance to cytotoxicity during aflatoxin carcinogenesis 343
D. J. JUDAH, R. F. LEGG & G. E. NEAL
doi:10.1038/265343b0
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| | H−2 compatibility requirements for T suppressor cell functions induced by Friend leukaemia virus 345
VINAY KUMAR & MICHAEL BENNETT
doi:10.1038/265345a0
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| | Sister chromatid exchanges induced by mutagenic carcinogens in normal and xeroderma pigmentosum cells 347
SHELDON WOLFF, B. RODIN & J. E. CLEAVER
doi:10.1038/265347a0
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| | Drugs which disrupt microtubules do not inhibit the initiation of lymphocyte activation 349
KLAUS RESCH, DOROTHEA BOUILLON, DIETHARD GEMSA & RUTTGER AVERDUNK
doi:10.1038/265349a0
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| | Habitat values and endemicity in the vanishing rain forests of Sri Lanka 351
FALIKA RANIL SENANAYAKE, MICHAEL SOULÉ & JOHN W. SENNER
doi:10.1038/265351a0
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| | Immunosuppression by mouse sialylated -foetoprotein 354
E. F. ZIMMERMAN, M. VOORTING-HAWKING & J. G. MICHAEL
doi:10.1038/265354a0
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| | Immunocytochemical studies of cells in the rat adenohypophysis containing both ACTH and FSH 356
GWEN C. MORIARTY & LAURA L. GARNER
doi:10.1038/265356a0
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| | Stress-induced parallel changes in central opioid levels and pain responsiveness in the rat 358
J. MADDEN IV, H. AKIL, R. L. PATRICK & J. D. BARCHAS
doi:10.1038/265358a0
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| | Rapid eye movement cycle is a sleep-dependent rhythm 360
JULIE MOSES, ARDIE LUBIN, LAVERNE C. JOHNSON & PAUL NAITOH
doi:10.1038/265360a0
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| | Endorphin from pituitary inhibits cyclic AMP formation in homogenates of neuroblastoma glioma hybrid cells 362
AVRAM GOLDSTEIN, BRIAN M. COX, WERNER A. KLEE & MARSHALL NIRENBERG
doi:10.1038/265362a0
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| | Feedback loop or output pathway in striato-nigral fibres? 363
M. GARCIA-MUNOZ, N. M. NICOLAOU, I. F. TULLOCH, A. K. WRIGHT & G. W. ARBUTHNOTT
doi:10.1038/265363a0
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| | Can chloropractolol alkylate adrenoceptors? 365
T. P. KENAKIN & J. W. BLACK
doi:10.1038/265365a0
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| | Histamine blocking agent in the salivary gland homogenate of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sanguineus
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W. A. CHINERY & E. AYITEY-AMITH
doi:10.1038/265366a0
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| | Mutual repression of synaptic efficacy by pairs of foreign nerves innervating frog skeletal muscle 368
ALAN D. GRINNELL, MARY B. RHEUBEN & MICHAEL S. LETINSKY
doi:10.1038/265368a0
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| | Is there retrograde axonal transport of tetanus toxin in both and fibres? 370
JANE GREEN, GEORG ERDMANN & HANS H. WELLHÖNER
doi:10.1038/265370a0
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| | Modifications of nitrogen-fixing algae in lichen symbioses 371
W. D. P. STEWART & P. ROWELL
doi:10.1038/265371a0
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| | Model for the regulation of nitrate assimilation 373
LARRY P. SOLOMONSON & ANDREA M. SPEHAR
doi:10.1038/265373a0
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| | Membrane localised gibberellins A9 and A4 in wheat chloroplasts 375
G. BROWNING & P. F. SAUNDERS
doi:10.1038/265375a0
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| | Removal of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine incorporated in DNA of regenerating rat liver 377
G. ARFELLINI, G. PRODI & S. GRILLI
doi:10.1038/265377a0
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| | Agrocin 84 is a 6-N-phosphoramidate of an adenine nucleotide analogue 379
W. P. ROBERTS, M. E. TATE & A. KERR
doi:10.1038/265379a0
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| | Three-dimensional packing of collagen in bone 381
MARC GRYNPAS
doi:10.1038/265381a0
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| | Energy analysis of wave-power and wind-power systems 383
S. H. SALTER
doi:10.1038/265383a0
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| | Energy analysis of wave-power and wind-power systems (reply) 383
MUSGROVE
doi:10.1038/265383b0
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| | Use of mechanical barriers instead of guard rows in field experiments 383
J. E. GOODE
doi:10.1038/265383c0
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| | Plutonium and americium in fish 384
SCOTT W. FOWLER & THOMAS M. BEASLEY
doi:10.1038/265384a0
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| | Plutonium and american in fish (reply) 384
PENTREATHLOVETT
doi:10.1038/265384b0
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| | Ethology of ethology 385
John R. Krebs reviews Growing Points in Ethology
By
P. P. G. Bateson & R. A. Hinde
doi:10.1038/265385a0
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| | Hydrodynamics and water waves 386
N. Hogben reviews An Introduction to Hydrodynamics and Water Waves
By
Bernard Le Méhauté
doi:10.1038/265386a0
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| | Acetylcholine, the model transmitter 386
James Crossland reviews Biology of Cholinergic Function
Edited by
A. M. Goldberg & I. Hanin
doi:10.1038/265386b0
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| | Great men and the mainstream 387
David Knight reviews History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development
Volume 5. Parts I−IV: The Nineteenth Century. Edited by
C. Moraze
doi:10.1038/265387a0
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| | Light-emitting diodes 388
D. H. Mash reviews Light-Emitting Diodes
(Monographs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.) By
A. A. Bergh & P. J. Dean
doi:10.1038/265388a0
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| | Reptilian physiology 388
J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson reviews Biology of the Reptilia
Vol. 5: Physiology. Edited by
C. C. Cans & T. S. Dawson
doi:10.1038/265388b0
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| | Molluscan delights 389
C. M. Yonge reviews Pseudothecosemata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda)
By
S. Van Der Spoel
doi:10.1038/265389a0
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| | Biology of Kinetoplastid flagellates 389
F. E. G. Cox reviews Biology of the Kinetoplastida
Vol. 1. Edited by
W. H. R. Lumsden & D. A. Evans
doi:10.1038/265389b0
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| | Protein crystallography 390
David Blow reviews Protein Crystallography
By
T. L. Blundell & L. N. Johnson
doi:10.1038/265390a0
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| | Plutonium and other actinides 390
Amory B. Lovins reviews Transuranium Nuclides in the Environment
doi:10.1038/265390b0
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| | Obituaries |  |
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| | Professor Heinrich Kaiser 391
D. A. Long
doi:10.1038/265391a0
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| | Evgeny Konstantinovich Zavoiskii 391
R. N. Franklin
doi:10.1038/265391b0
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| | Herbert Davenport Kay 392
Marie E. Coates
doi:10.1038/265392a0
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| | Dr Henry Miller 392
J. B. Foster
doi:10.1038/265392b0
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