Brief Communications Arising in 2009

Des Marais & Rausher reply

• David L. Des Marais
• Mark D. Rausher

Evidence for escape from adaptive conflict?

• Todd Barkman
• Jianzhi Zhang

Gorb et al. reply

• Stanislav N. Gorb
• Senta Niederegger
• Paul Walther

Silk production from tarantula feet questioned

• Fernando Pérez-Miles
• Alejandra Panzera
• Cintya Perdomo

Nalley et al. reply

• Kip Nalley
• Stephen Albert Johnston
• Thomas Kodadek

Gal4 turnover and transcription activation

• Galen A. Collins
• J. Russell Lipford
• William P. Tansey

VEGFR1-activity-independent metastasis formation

• Michelle R. Dawson
• Dan G. Duda
• Rakesh K. Jain

Kaplan et al. reply

• Rosandra N. Kaplan
• Rebecca D. Riba
• J. Wels

Scaling of BMP gradients in Xenopus embryos

• Paul Francois
• Alin Vonica
• Eric D. Siggia

Reply to Francois et al.

• Danny Ben-Zvi
• Ben-Zion Shilo
• Naama Barkai

Re-calibrating the snake palaeothermometer

• Anastassia M. Makarieva
• Victor G. Gorshkov
• Bai-Lian Li

Head et al. reply

• Jason J. Head
• Jonathan I. Bloch
• Carlos A. Jaramillo

Biased reptilian palaeothermometer?

• J. M. Kale Sniderman

Can the giant snake predict palaeoclimate?

• Mark W. Denny
• Brent L. Lockwood
• George N. Somero

Wille et al. reply

• Martin Wille
• Thomas F. Nägler
• Jan D. Kramers

Early Cambrian ocean anoxia in South China

• Shao-Yong Jiang
• Dao-Hui Pi
• Jing-Hong Yang

Vezys et al. reply

• Vaiva Vezys
• Andrew Yates
• David Masopust

Attrition of memory CD8 T cells

• Raymond M. Welsh
• Liisa K. Selin

Asteroids and andesites

• Richard Arculus
• Ian H. Campbell
• Stuart Ross Taylor

Day et al. reply

• J. M. D. Day
• R. D. Ash
• L. A. Taylor