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Nature 442, 510 (3 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442510d; Published online 2 August 2006

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Holding the centre among the scatter-brained

Donna L. Dierker1

  1. Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA

In his Commentary article "Does gender matter?" (Nature 442, 133–136; 2006), Ben Barres counters suggestions that women are underrepresented in the sciences because of innate ability.

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