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1. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Bacterial Immunity: An adaptable defense

   Michael A Schelling, Dipali G Sashital

   The response of bacteria to the threat posed by phages depends on their local environment.
2. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Developmental Variability: Exerting an influence on evolution

   Charles C Roseman

   Experiments on mice have shown that developmental processes are influencing the generation of phenotypic variation in a way that shapes evolution.
3. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

   Translation: Finding sense in the context

   Kim M Keeling, David M Bedwell

   Ribosomal profiling has shed new light on how ribosomes can ignore stop codons in messenger RNA.
4. 1. Genetics and Genomics

   Polygenic Scores: It is time to get real when trying to predict educational performance

   Cecile Janssens

   A study of 3,500 children in the UK shows that data on socioeconomic background and previous educational achievements can better predict how students will perform at school than genetic data.
5. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Animal Behavior: Whale breaching says it loud and clear

   Alexander J Werth, Charles L Lemon

   A whale leaping above the surface expends an enormous amount of energy, displaying its health and strength to peers and potential mates.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Evolution: Mapping the ancestry of primates

   Ignacio Martínez, Mercedes Conde-Valverde

   Structures in the inner ear can help determine the evolutionary relationship between extinct and living primates.
7. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Human Biology and Medicine

   Contraception: Stopping sperm in their tracks

   Luke L McGoldrick, Jean-Ju Chung

   An automated high-throughput platform can screen for molecules that change the motility of sperm cells and their ability to fertilize.
8. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Aging and Longevity: Short and sweet

   Coleen T Murphy

   A truncated version of the only insulin receptor in C. elegans has been discovered.
9. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Ion Channels: A novel origin for calcium selectivity

   Esteban Suárez-Delgado, León D Islas

   A native calcium ion channel has been identified in bacteria for the first time.
10. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Histone Methylation: Navigating the structure of COMPASS

    Karolin Luger, Jonathan W Markert

    Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how ubiquitination promotes the methylation of histone H3 by the histone-modifying complex COMPASS.