Table of contents
Volume 398 Number 6728 pp543-637
Opinion
Wake-up call for Japan's genomics p543
A US company's plans to sequence the rice genome in weeks rather than decades should inspire a more venturesome spirit in the Japanese research community.
doi:10.1038/19119
Xenotransplant caution continues p543
A ban on clinical trials of transplants from primates shows good judgement. Now we need data.
doi:10.1038/19121
News
US firm's bid to sequence rice genome causes stir in Japan... p545
Asako Saegusa
doi:10.1038/19123
... as consortium plans free SNP map of human genome p545
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/19126
Glaxo Wellcome is already using map data p546
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/19129
French research would benefit from less paperwork, says report p546
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/19131
Plan to merge optical societies under fire p547
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/19133
Weapons labs tighten computer security p547
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/19136
Canadian Light Source is ready to glow as final grant comes in p548
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/19138
South African funding body faces evaluation headache p548
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/19140
Britain promises cash for UK/SA joint research p548
Michael Cherry
doi:10.1038/19142
FDA warns on primate xenotransplants p549
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/19144
Serb scientists call for help to end bombing p549
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/19147
German centre risks women-only job ads p550
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/19149
'Timeline' celebrates a century of physics p550
doi:10.1038/19152
NIH stem-cell guidelines face stormy ride p551
Meredith Wadman
doi:10.1038/19155
Cell sale to Elsevier will boost web ventures p551
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/19158
News
Data protection and bioethics initiatives will seek backing p554
doi:10.1038/19163
British plan to train science journalists from the South p554
doi:10.1038/19165
Africans team up to boost basic research p554
doi:10.1038/19167
Japan's candidate for Unesco top job promises efficiency drive p554
doi:10.1038/19169
Correspondence
Say no to boycott of AIDS conference p555
Mark A. Wainberg
doi:10.1038/19172
Take the best from both patents systems p555
Rattan Nath
doi:10.1038/19174
On the trail of the prolific Dr Path p555
Nigel L. Brown
doi:10.1038/19176
Going cold on 'snowball Earth' theory p555
George E. Williams
doi:10.1038/19178
Denmark lacks coherent policy on basic research p556
Michael Ibba and Thomas Bentin
doi:10.1038/19180
Green revolution still too green p556
Thomas R. Sinclair and Kenneth G. Cassman
doi:10.1038/19182
Fertile grounds for a lively debate p556
Stephen G. Warren
doi:10.1038/19184
News and Views
Cryptic clues to clock function p557
David Whitmore and Paolo Sassone-Corsi
doi:10.1038/19186
Galaxies: A long-distance record breaker p558
Richard Green
doi:10.1038/19190
El Niño: The child prodigy of 1997-98 p559
Michael J. McPhaden
doi:10.1038/19193
100 and 50 years ago p561
doi:10.1038/19196
Malaria: A new escape and evasion tactic p562
John W. Barnwell
doi:10.1038/19198
Earth science: Screws tighten on the core p563
Michael J. Walter
doi:10.1038/19200
Daedalus: Slow-flowing metal p565
David Jones
doi:10.1038/19203
Obituary: Thomas A. McMahon (1943-99) p566
Claire T. Farley
doi:10.1038/19205
News and Views Feature
Drug addiction: bad habits add up p567
We know how many drugs of abuse – cocaine, heroin and nicotine – work, but less about how they lead to addiction. Studies of the brain-learning systems concerned are addressing the causes of addiction, with the intent of developing better treatments.
Trevor W. Robbins and Barry J. Everitt
doi:10.1038/19208
Scientific Correspondence
Myelin-like sheaths in copepod axons p571
April D. Davis, Tina M. Weatherby, Daniel K. Hartline and Petra H. Lenz
doi:10.1038/19212
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Plant energetics and population density p572
Roderick C. Dewar
doi:10.1038/19215
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Plant energetics and population density" p572
Federico Magnani
doi:10.1038/19217
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Plant energetics and population density p573
Brian J. Enquist, James H. Brown and Geoffrey B. West
doi:10.1038/19219
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Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China p573
S.-A. Ji, Q. Ji and K. Padian
doi:10.1038/19221
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Book Reviews
Prometheus unwound p575
Adrienne Zihlman
doi:10.1038/19225
The meaning of wildlife p575
doi:10.1038/19227
Blast from the past p576
doi:10.1038/19230
A most uplifting career p576
Steve Sparks
doi:10.1038/19233
New in paperback p577
doi:10.1038/19235
Speaking in tongues p577
Risto NÄÄtÄnen and Teija Kujala
doi:10.1038/19237
Hallo capitalism, goodbye science p578
Zhores A. Medvedev
doi:10.1038/19239
Article
Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein p579
Noriko Handa, Osamu Nureki, Kazuki Kurimoto, Insil Kim, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yoshiro Shimura, Yutaka Muto and Shigeyuki Yokoyama
doi:10.1038/19242
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Letters to Nature
Spectroscopic identification of a galaxy at a probable redshift of z = 6.68 p586
Hsiao-Wen Chen, Kenneth M. Lanzetta and Sebastian Pascarelle
doi:10.1038/19251
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See also: News and Views by Green
Neutron scattering from magnetic excitations in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+
p588
H. F. Fong, P. Bourges, Y. Sidis, L. P. Regnault, A. Ivanov, G. D. Gu, N. Koshizuka and B. Keimer
doi:10.1038/19255
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Surface-aligned reaction of photogenerated oxygen atoms with carbon monoxide targets p591
C. Emil Tripa and John T. Yates, Jr
doi:10.1038/19260
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Template-imprinted nanostructured surfaces for protein recognition p593
Huaiqiu Shi, Wei-Bor Tsai, Michael D. Garrison, Sandro Ferrari and Buddy D. Ratner
doi:10.1038/19267
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Influence of El Niño on the equatorial Pacific contribution to atmospheric CO2 accumulation p597
Richard A. Feely, Rik Wanninkhof, Taro Takahashi and Pieter Tans
doi:10.1038/19273
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Tectonic processes in Papua New Guinea and past productivity in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean p601
Mark. L. Wells, Geoffrey K. Vallis and Eli A. Silver
doi:10.1038/19281
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Partitioning of nickel and cobalt between silicate perovskite and metal at pressures up to 80 GPa p604
O. Tschauner, A. Zerr, S. Specht, A. Rocholl, R. Boehler and H. Palme
doi:10.1038/19287
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See also: News and Views by Walter
Simulating the effects of climate change on tropical montane cloud forests p608
Christopher J. Still, Prudence N. Foster and Stephen H. Schneider
doi:10.1038/19293
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Biological response to climate change on a tropical mountain p611
J. Alan Pounds, Michael P. L. Fogden and John H. Campbell
doi:10.1038/19297
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Humans use internal models to estimate gravity and linear acceleration p615
Daniel M. Merfeld, Lionel Zupan and Robert J. Peterka
doi:10.1038/19303
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A rhoptry-protein-associated mechanism of clonal phenotypic variation in rodent malaria p618
P. R. Preiser, W. Jarra, T. Capiod and G. Snounou
doi:10.1038/19309
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See also: News and Views by Barnwell
Homeobox gene Nkx2.2 and specification of neuronal identity by graded Sonic hedgehog signalling p622
J. Briscoe, L. Sussel, P. Serup, D. Hartigan-O'Connor, T. M. Jessell, J. L. R. Rubenstein and J. Ericson
doi:10.1038/19315
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Mammalian Cry1 and Cry2 are essential for maintenance of circadian rhythms p627
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst, Manja Muijtjens, Kumiko Kobayashi, Riya Takano, Shin-ichiro Kanno, Masashi Takao, Jan de Wit, Anton Verkerk, Andre P. M. Eker, Dik van Leenen, Ruud Buijs, Dirk Bootsma, Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers and Akira Yasui
doi:10.1038/19323
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See also: News and Views by Whitmore & Sassone-Corsi
Direct control of the Forkhead transcription factor AFX by protein kinase B p630
Geert J. P. L. Kops, Nancy D. de Ruiter, Alida M. M. De Vries-Smits, David R. Powell, Johannes L. Bos and Boudewijn M. Th. Burgering
doi:10.1038/19328
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New on the Market
Experimental values p635
A selection of new products for the lab with the emphasis — in an issue distributed at this year's FASEB gathering in Washington DC — on experimentation and the controlling the hazards it can bring.
doi:10.1038/19334
