Subject: Nature Reviews Genetics contents September 2006 Volume 7 Number 9, pp661 - 735

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September 2006 Volume 7 Number 9

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p661 | 10.1038/nrg1953

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

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Human evolution: RNA on the brain makes us different
p662 | 10.1038/nrg1952

Gene regulation: Sniffing out regulation at a distance
p663 | 10.1038/nrg1954

Gene regulation: The insulating role of an RNAi architect
p664 | 10.1038/nrg1942

Systems biology: Network fundamentals, via hub genes
Published online: 08 August 2006
p664 | 10.1038/nrg1949

WEBWATCH
Would Mendel have been a blogger?
p664 | 10.1038/nrg1957

IN BRIEF
Evolutionary genetics | Gene regulation | Gene expression | Genome evolution
p665 | 10.1038/nrg1958

Developmental biology: What vitamins can do for hedgehog
p666 | 10.1038/nrg1955

Evo-Devo: It doesn't take two to tango
p666 | 10.1038/nrg1956

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Behavioural genetics | Gene expression | Epigenetics | Systems biology
p666 | 10.1038/nrg1959

Chromosome biology: POT-tering about the telomere
Published online: 15 August 2006
p667 | 10.1038/nrg1951

ETHICS WATCH
Promoting equality and diversity in UK biomedical and clinical research
Published online: 15 August 2006
p668 | 10.1038/nrg1946

Fungal genetics: Fungal resistance needs a little extra
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p668 | 10.1038/nrg1950

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Reconstructing human origins in the genomic era
Daniel Garrigan & Michael F. Hammer
p669 | 10.1038/nrg1941
The availability of new genome sequence data and sophisticated analysis methods are enriching our understanding of human demographic history. The emerging model is more complex than the single origin hypothesis, and instead invokes a degree of gene flow between subpopulations.
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Dissecting the complex genetic basis of mate choice
Stephen F. Chenoweth & Mark W. Blows
p681 | 10.1038/nrg1924
Because of the complex phenotypes that are involved, the genetic basis of mate choice is particularly hard to unravel. Approaches that integrate classical quantitative genetics with modern genomic approaches promise to accelerate progress in this area.
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Evolution of primate gene expression
Philipp Khaitovich, Wolfgang Enard, Michael Lachmann & Svante Paabo
p693 | 10.1038/nrg1940
If most evolutionary changes affect the regulation rather than the structure of proteins, then studying the evolution of gene expression levels will help us to understand phenotypic changes. How can this approach identify the defining differences between humans and chimpanzees?
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Insulators: exploiting transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms
Miklos Gaszner & Gary Felsenfeld
Published online: 15 August 2006
p703 | 10.1038/nrg1925
Recent advances from a range of systems have led to a rethink of how insulators prevent inappropriate interactions between neighbouring chromatin domains. The results suggest that, rather than having novel modes of action, insulators use adaptations of known regulatory mechanisms.
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JmjC-domain-containing proteins and histone demethylation
Robert J. Klose, Eric M. Kallin & Yi Zhang
p715 | 10.1038/nrg1945
Chromatin modifications affect many aspects of epigenetic inheritance and cell biology. The authors focus on evolutionary relationships among proteins containing the Jumonji C domain [mdash] the largest class of histone demethylases [mdash] and discuss their functions in relation to potential enzymatic activities.
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PERSPECTIVE

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Guidelines: From artificial evolution to computational evolution: a research agenda
Wolfgang Banzhaf et al.
Published online: 08 August 2006
p729 | 10.1038/nrg1921
Artificial evolution implements the rules of natural evolution in algorithms that aim to solve biological and computational problems. The authors propose a new discipline, computational evolution, that replaces the outdated principles of artificial evolution with a modern understanding of biology.
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