Signalling pathways in Drosophila eye specification: a conserved mechanism for patterning the retina. Kumar, J. Nature Reviews Genetics November (2001) Nature Reviews Genetics.

The making of the somite: molecular events in vertebrate segmentation. Saga, Y. & Takeda, H. Nature Reviews Genetics November (2001) Nature Reviews Genetics.

A family outing: small GTPases cyclin' through G1. Coleman, M. L. & Marshall, C. J. Nature Cell Biology November (2001) Nature Cell Biology. News and Views article highlighting a new set of interactions that occur between Ras-, Rho- and Rac- mediated signalling pathways to regulate the timing of cyclin-D1 production in the cell cycle.

Actin' up: RhoB in cancer and apoptosis. Prendergast, G. C. Nature Reviews Cancer November (2001) Nature Reviews Cancer.

Positive and negative regulation of T-cell activation by adaptor proteins. Koretzky, G. A. & Myung, P. S. Nature Reviews Immunology November (2001) Nature Reviews Immunology.

Organelle-specific initiation of cell death pathways. Ferri, K. F. & Kroemer, G. Nature Cell Biology November (2001) Nature Cell Biology.

 Nature Reviews Neuroscience focus on development, including:

A long, remarkable journey: cellular and molecular mechanisms of tangential migration in the telencephalon. Marín, O. & Rubenstein, J. L. R. Nature Reviews Neuroscience November (2001) Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Asymmetric cell division in the Drosophila nervous system. Jan, Y.-N. & Jan, L. Y. Nature Reviews Neuroscience November (2001) Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Induction, assembly, maturation and maintenance of a postsynaptic apparatus. Sanes, J. R. & Lichtman, J. W. Nature Reviews Neuroscience November (2001) Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

Nature Insight on stem cells. A collection of articles focusing on several aspects of stem cell research, including:

 Pluripotent stem cells at the end of the beginning. Donovan, P. J. & Gearhart, J. Nature 1 November (2001) Nature. Chromosome segregation and cancer: cutting through the mystery. Jallepalli, P. V. & Lengauer, C. Nature Reviews Cancer November (2001) Nature Reviews Cancer.