Author: Jamy C. Peng, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA Competing Interests: Jamy C. Peng is an author of the…
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Biology Understanding Images: Animal fertility governed by small non-coding RNAsRead more
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Biology Understanding Images: MicroRNAs Control Molting of LocustsRead more
Author: Meiling Yang, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Competing Interests: Meiling Yang is an author of the article discussed in…
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Community Shaping Neural Circuits, Human Brain Region Development, and Predicting the Future: the PLOS Comp Biol August IssueRead more
Check out our highlights from the PLOS Computational Biology August issue: Shaping Neural Circuits by High Order Synaptic Interactions Plasticity…
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Biology Understanding Images: Coat of Invisibility – How Trypanosoma brucei Evades RecognitionRead more
Author: Galadriel Hovel-Miner, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States. Competing Interests: Galadriel Hovel-Miner is an author of the article discussed…
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Biology Understanding Images: Watching New Species Evolve in Real TimeRead more
Author: David A. Marques, University of Bern and Eawag, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. Competing interests: David A. Marques is an author of the article…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: 57 Varieties of TomatoRead more
This beautiful berry, domesticated in the Americas more than 2500 years ago, and introduced to the Old World in the 16th…
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Announcement The 2016 PLOS Comp Biol T-shirt Competition is now open!Read more
What do you want to see on the front of this year’s PLOS Comp Biol t-shirt? Enter our t-shirt competition by sending…
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Biology Understanding Images: How do Cells Make Invasive Feet?Read more
Image Credit: Matthew Clay, Sherwood Lab, Duke University Author: David R. Sherwood is an associate professor at the Department of Biology, Duke University…
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Biology Understanding Images: Host Gender and the Response to Fungal InfectionRead more
Authors: Niklaus Zemp is a Post Doctoral Researcher and Alex Widmer is a Professor, both based at the Institute of Integrative Biology…
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Biology Understanding Images: How Butterflies ‘Wink’ Only Some of their Eyespots in Response to TemperatureRead more
September’s issue image depicts the work of Monteiro et al, which presents a molecular mechanism for the control of phenotypic plasticity in…
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Biology Understanding Images: Seeing Myopia for What it Is- Potentially TreatableRead more
In a post reflecting on August’s PLOS Genetics issue image, Andrei Tkatchenko explains the science behind the image. Author: Andrei V. Tkatchenko…
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Biology Understanding Images: A Genetic Framework in Legumes Controls Infection of NodulesRead more
In a piece reflecting on June’s PLOS Genetics issue image, authors Simon Kelly and Simona Radutoiu discuss the science behind their…