Highlights
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The safety-efficiency dilemma
The Pavlovian fear system has a larger role in decision-making than previously thought, helping to keep it both safe and efficient during exploratory behaviour.
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The evolution of effectors
Pathogens that cause abnormal growths called galls in plants rely on effector molecules with structures and targeting strategies that are conserved across evolutionary lineages.
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Genetic pathways in brown algae
Life-cycle-related patterns of gene expression are conserved across the brown algae.
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Is ‘number sense’ a sense?
Experiments on domestic chicks shed light on the links between brain lateralization and the left-to-right mental number line.
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Tracing cell fates in embryos
Differences in the activity of an enzyme called CARM1 influence whether blastomeres become part of the embryo or the placenta.
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New university partnerships
eLife is partnering with two leading UK universities on open access agreements that promote a more open and equitable approach to scientific publishing.
We liked the idea of having an open 'conversation' with the reviewers during the process, and having the chance to polish the manuscript by following the editors and reviewers’ recommendations without the threat of rejection.
Patrick Allard, UCLA and eLife author
Researchers explain why they published in eLifeMagazine
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