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September 2005

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Taste circuit in Drosophila.
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The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, like other multicellular organisms, decides whether to feed or not based on external stimuli, including gustatory information. Displayed is a composite fluorescence image of a Drosophila brain showing a population of neurons interconnecting taste input with higher brain centers, thereby modulating the fly's feeding behavior. See Melcher and Pankratz.

Image Credit: Image by Christoph Melcher

Editorial

Replication Publication

Mark Patterson, Lon Cardon

PLOS Biology: published September 13, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030327

Essay

Science Star over Asia

Chris Y. H Tan

PLOS Biology: published September 13, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030322

Feature

Why Not the Best? How Science Failed the Florida Panther

Liza Gross

PLOS Biology: published August 23, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030333

Community Page

Peer Review—The Newcomers' Perspective

Gaell Mainguy, Mohammad R Motamedi, Daniel Mietchen

PLOS Biology: published September 13, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030326

Research Articles

Functional Identification of Catalytic Metal Ion Binding Sites within RNA

James L Hougland, Alexander V Kravchuk, Daniel Herschlag, Joseph A Piccirilli

PLOS Biology: published August 16, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030277

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PLOS Biology: published August 23, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030309

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PLOS Biology: published September 13, 2005 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030325