Fungi are essential elements of all ecosystems and provide many important services, most notably decomposition. While the classic role of fungi is…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: A Fungus Among Us
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Announcement PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2016: Winner Announced
The PLOS Genetics Editors-in-Chief and Senior Editors would like to congratulate: Santiago Naranjo, Justin D. Smith, Carlo G. Artieri, Mian Zhang, Yiqi…
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Announcement PLOS Computational Biology Symposium 2016
We are pleased to invite you to attend a PLOS Computational Biology Symposium at the National Institutes of Health. The details of…
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Environment One super-susceptible clone, a versatile fungus and failing fungicides – black Sigatoka and banana
Why do we accept just one banana variety in Western supermarkets? It’s unsustainable and threatens livelihoods and food security. By Gert HJ…
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Biology Gut Bacteria – The Movie
The growing interest in the trillions of bacteria that live inside our guts is underlined by the >10,000 people who read…
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Biology PLOS Biology is at FENS Forum 2016!
The 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience started on July 2nd, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. PLOS Biology and the rest of the PLOS…
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Biology Understanding Images: Coat of Invisibility – How Trypanosoma brucei Evades Recognition
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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Announcement PLOS Biology is at ASM Microbe 2016!
This year’s American Society of Microbiology conference, ASM Microbe 2016, kicks off on June 16th, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. PLOS Biology…
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Biology Conservation Research: Aiming at the Wrong Target?
Six years ago, the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, which included 20 specific goals, known as the…
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Biology Understanding Images: Watching New Species Evolve in Real Time
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 Tomato
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 Is the p-value pointless?
For the first time in its 177-year history, the American Statistical Association (ASA) has voiced its opinion and made specific recommendations for…