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1. 1. Genes and Chromosomes
   2. Genomics and Evolutionary Biology

   Heredity: The gene family that cheats Mendel

   J Dylan Shropshire, Antonis Rokas

   Some alleles of the wtf gene family can increase their chances of spreading by using poisons to kill other alleles, and antidotes to save themselves.
2. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Malaria: Cracking Ali Baba’s code

   Oliver Billker

   A protein called P36 holds the key to how different species of malaria parasite invade liver cells.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Maternal Behavior: Why mother rats protect their children

   Ksenia Z Meyza, Ewelina Knapska

   The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring.
4. 1. Cancer Biology

   Oncogene Regulation: Enhancers not required

   Ying Zheng, David Levens

   Laboratory mice with over half a megabase of DNA upstream of their Myc gene removed still thrive in the absence of stress.
5. 1. Immunology

   Cytokines: A gut response

   Matthew L Nicotra

   Unexpected findings from the immune system of sea urchin larvae potentially provide insights into immune signaling in ancestral lifeforms.
6. 1. Biophysics and Structural Biology

   Ion Channels: Poring over furrows

   Skylar ID Fisher, H Criss Hartzell

   Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of a chloride channel that is closely related to a protein that transports lipids.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   Thermoregulation: How a brain keeps its cool

   Swathi Yadlapalli, Orie T Shafer

   Temperature-sensing neurons in the Drosophila brain cooperate with the central circadian clock to help regulate body temperature.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Axons: The cost of communication in the brain

   Brian A MacVicar et al

   Imaging ATP in axons reveals that they rely on glucose from the blood and lactate produced by glial cells as sources of energy.
9. 1. Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

   Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Sensing oxygen inside and out

   Maria R Stupnikov, Wellington V Cardoso

   Neuroendocrine cells act as oxygen sensors in animals from fish to humans, but the evolutionary origins of these cells are only just becoming clear.
10. 1. Genomics and Evolutionary Biology

    Population Genetics: Global clues to the nature of genomic mutations in humans

    Aylwyn Scally

    An analysis of worldwide human genetic variation reveals the footprints of ancient changes in genomic mutation processes.