This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 29 November 1996: 1441.
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Editorial:
New Politics in Science

Paul G. Rogers
Science 29 November 1996: 1445-0.
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 Book Reviews|National Military Establishments and the Advancement of Science and Technology, reviewed by D. Pestre * Evolution of Social Insect Colonies, U. G. Mueller * Vignette *Books Received.

Science 29 November 1996: 1476-1478.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 29 November 1996: 1555-1556.
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 AAAS News & Notes|

Science 29 November 1996: 1557-0.
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News and Comment

Biotechnology: Germany Joins the Biotech Race

Steven Dickman
Science 29 November 1996: 1454-0.
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Genetics: The Human Gene Hunt Scales Up

Eliot Marshall
Science 29 November 1996: 1456-0.
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U.K. UNIVERSITIES: Top-Ranked Departments, 1991-95

Daniel Clery
Science 29 November 1996: 1456-0.
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Partnerships: Japan Hopes to Cash In On Industry-University Ties

Dennis Normile
Science 29 November 1996: 1457-1458.
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Partnerships: Trio of Programs Seeks Economic Payoff

Dennis Normile
Science 29 November 1996: 1458-0.
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Institutional Profile: UT Southwestern: From Army Shacks to Research Elites

James Kling
Science 29 November 1996: 1459-1461.
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Higher Education: Grad Students Press for Right to Strike

Constance Holden
Science 29 November 1996: 1461-0.
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ScienceScope

Science 29 November 1996: 1453.
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Random Samples

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Research News

Paleontology: Sizing Up Evolutionary Radiations

Virginia Morell
Science 29 November 1996: 1462-1463.
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AIDS Research: HIV's Other Immune-System Targets: Macrophages

Michael Balter
Science 29 November 1996: 1464-1465.
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Microelectronics: First Blush for Integrated Light Emitter

Charles Seife
Science 29 November 1996: 1465-0.
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 Meeting Briefs: Neuroscience's Meeting of the Minds in Washington

Science 29 November 1996: 1466-1467.
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Neuroscience Meeting Brief 1: New View of Spinal Cord Injury

Marcia Barinaga
Science 29 November 1996: 1466-0.
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Neuroscience Meeting Brief 2: Leptin: A Trigger for Puberty?

Gretchen Vogel
Science 29 November 1996: 1466-1467.
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Planetary Science: Found: Jupiter's Missing Water

Richard A. Kerr
Science 29 November 1996: 1467-0.
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Planetary Science: Slow Leak Seen in Saturn's Rings

Richard A. Kerr
Science 29 November 1996: 1468-0.
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Astronomy: Hubble Gives a Quasar House Tour

Gretchen Vogel
Science 29 November 1996: 1468-0.
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Agricultural Research: Higher Yielding Perennials Point the Way to New Crops

Anne Simon Moffat
Science 29 November 1996: 1469-1470.
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Chaos: Astronomers Tame a Workhorse Laser

Andrew Watson
Science 29 November 1996: 1470-0.
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Letters

 This Week's Letters

Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 The "Greenberg Hypothesis"

Joseph H. Greenberg;, Geoffrey K. Pullum;, and Ann Gibbons
Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 Protein Structure Prediction

Steven A. Benner, Dietlind L. Geroff, and J. David Rozzell
Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 EMF Report: Is There Consensus?

Keith Florig
Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 Low-Level Radiation

Gerhard Stöhrer
Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 Women Alcoholics at Bellevue, 1918-1919

Ron Roizen
Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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 Response: The "Greenberg Hypothesis"

Ann Gibbons
Science 29 November 1996: 1448.
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 Protein Structure Prediction

Steven A. Benner, Dietlind L. Geroff, and J. David Rozzell
Science 29 November 1996: 1448-1449.
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 EMF Report: Is There Consensus?

Keith Florig
Science 29 November 1996: 1449-1450.
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 Low-Level Radiation

Gerhard Stöhrer
Science 29 November 1996: 1450.
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 Women Alcoholics at Bellevue, 1918-1919

Ron Roizen
Science 29 November 1996: 1450-1451.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 29 November 1996: 1447-1451.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 29 November 1996: 1451.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 29 November 1996: 1451.
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Corrections and Clarifications

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Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

 Genetic Intrigues: Evolution of Social Insect Colonies.

Ulrich G. Mueller
Science 29 November 1996: 1477-1478.
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 Also Noteworthy: Ship Fever and Other Stories.

Katherine Livingston
Science 29 November 1996: 1478.
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

The R&D Portfolio: A Concept for Allocating Science and Technology Funds

Michael McGeary and Philip M. Smith
Science 29 November 1996: 1484-1485.
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Perspectives

Enhanced: Could the Internet Balkanize Science?

Marshall Van Alstyne and Erik Brynjolfsson
Science 29 November 1996: 1479-1480.
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Space Carbon--Neutral Pathways?

James Richard Heath and Richard James Saykally
Science 29 November 1996: 1480-1481.
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The End of the Message--Another Link Between Yeast and Mammals

James L. Manley and Yoshio Takagaki
Science 29 November 1996: 1481-1482.
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High Anxiety

David Goldman
Science 29 November 1996: 1483-0.
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Reports

Mechanism of the Zonal Displacements of the Pacific Warm Pool: Implications for ENSO

J. Picaut, M. Ioualalen, C. Menkes, T. Delcroix, and M. J. McPhaden
Science 29 November 1996: 1486-1489.
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Molar Tooth Diversity, Disparity, and Ecology in Cenozoic Ungulate Radiations

Jukka Jernvall, John P. Hunter, and Mikael Fortelius
Science 29 November 1996: 1489-1492.
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Ecological Controls on the Evolutionary Recovery of Post-Paleozoic Crinoids

Mike Foote
Science 29 November 1996: 1492-1495.
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The Clementine Bistatic Radar Experiment

S. Nozette, C. L. Lichtenberg, P. Spudis, R. Bonner, W. Ort, E. Malaret, M. Robinson, and E. M. Shoemaker
Science 29 November 1996: 1495-1498.
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Stabilizing Lead-Salt Diode Lasers: Understanding and Controlling Chaotic Frequency Emission

Gordon Chin, Larry R. Senesac, William E. Blass, and John J. Hillman
Science 29 November 1996: 1498-1501.
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Solar Wind Magnetic Field Bending of Jovian Dust Trajectories

H. A. Zook, E. Grün, M. Baguhl, D. P. Hamilton, G. Linkert, J.-C. Liou, R. Forsyth, and J. L. Phillips
Science 29 November 1996: 1501-1503.
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The Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period in the Sargasso Sea

Lloyd D. Keigwin
Science 29 November 1996: 1503-1508.
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 The Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period in the Sargasso Sea

Lloyd D. Keigwin
Science 29 November 1996: 1504-1508.
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A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Formation of Interstellar C₃H Isomers

R. I. Kaiser, C. Ochsenfeld, M. Head-Gordon, Y. T. Lee, and A. G. Suits
Science 29 November 1996: 1508-1511.
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Essential Yeast Protein with Unexpected Similarity to Subunits of Mammalian Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor (CPSF)

Guillaume Chanfreau, Suzanne M. Noble, and Christine Guthrie
Science 29 November 1996: 1511-1514.
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Sequence Similarity Between the 73-Kilodalton Protein of Mammalian CPSF and a Subunit of Yeast Polyadenylation Factor I

Andreas Jenny, Lionel Minvielle-Sebastia, Pascal J. Preker, and Walter Keller
Science 29 November 1996: 1514-1517.
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Dependence of Yeast Pre-mRNA 3-End Processing on CFT1: A Sequence Homolog of the Mammalian AAUAAA Binding Factor

Gabi Stumpf and Horst Domdey
Science 29 November 1996: 1517-1520.
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Parallel Synthesis and Screening of a Solid Phase Carbohydrate Library

Rui Liang, Lin Yan, Jennifer Loebach, Min Ge, Yasuhiro Uozumi, Klara Sekanina, Nina Horan, Jeff Gildersleeve, Chris Thompson, Andri Smith, Kaustav Biswas, W. Clark Still, and Daniel Kahne
Science 29 November 1996: 1520-1522.
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Myc and Max Homologs in Drosophila

Peter Gallant, Yuzuru Shiio, Pei Feng Cheng, Susan M. Parkhurst, and Robert N. Eisenman
Science 29 November 1996: 1523-1527.
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Association of Anxiety-Related Traits with a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Regulatory Region

Klaus-Peter Lesch, Dietmar Bengel, Armin Heils, Sue Z. Sabol, Benjamin D. Greenberg, Susanne Petri, Jonathan Benjamin, Clemens R. Müller, Dean H. Hamer, and Dennis L. Murphy
Science 29 November 1996: 1527-1531.
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Discovering High-Affinity Ligands for Proteins: SAR by NMR

Suzanne B. Shuker, Philip J. Hajduk, Robert P. Meadows, and Stephen W. Fesik
Science 29 November 1996: 1531-1534.
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Self-Sterility in Arabidopsis Due to Defective Pollen Tube Guidance

Laura K. Wilhelmi and Daphne Preuss
Science 29 November 1996: 1535-1537.
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Diversification of C-Function Activity in Maize Flower Development

Montaña Mena, Barbara A. Ambrose, Robert B. Meeley, Steven P. Briggs, Martin F. Yanofsky, and Robert J. Schmidt
Science 29 November 1996: 1537-1540.
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CRNF, a Molluscan Neurotrophic Factor That Interacts with the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor

M. Fainzilber, A. B. Smit, N. I. Syed, W. C. Wildering, P. M. Hermann, R. C. van der Schors, C. Jiménez, K. W. Li, J. van Minnen, A. G. M. Bulloch, C. F. Ibáñez, and W. P. M. Geraerts
Science 29 November 1996: 1540-1543.
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T Cell Telomere Length in HIV-1 Infection: No Evidence for Increased CD4⁺ T Cell Turnover

Katja C. Wolthers, G. Bea A. Wisman, Sigrid A. Otto, Ana-Maria de Roda Husman, Niels Schaft, Frank de Wolf, Jaap Goudsmit, Roel A. Coutinho, Ate G. J. van der Zee, Linde Meyaard, and Frank Miedema
Science 29 November 1996: 1543-1547.
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Technical Comments

Genetic Data and the African Origin of Humans

J. K. Pritchard, M. W. Feldman;, N. Risch, K. K. Kidd, and S. A. Tishkoff
Science 29 November 1996: 1548-1549.
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 Genetic Data and the African Origin of Humans

Jonathan K. Pritchard and Marcus W. Feldman
Science 29 November 1996: 1548.
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 Response: Genetic Data and the African Origin of Humans

Neil Risch, Kenneth K. Kidd, and Sarah A. Tishkoff
Science 29 November 1996: 1548-1549.
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Late Permian Extinctions

R. E. Martin;, G. J. Vermeij, D. Dorritie;, K. Caldeira;, M. R. Rampino;, A. H. Knoll, R. K. Bambach, D. Canfield, J. P. Grotzinger;, P. B. Wignall, and R. J. Twitchett
Science 29 November 1996: 1549-1552.
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 Late Permian Extinctions

Geerat J. Vermeij and Daniel Dorritie
Science 29 November 1996: 1550.
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 Late Permian Extinctions

Ken Caldeira
Science 29 November 1996: 1550-1551.
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 Late Permian Extinctions

Michael R. Rampino
Science 29 November 1996: 1551.
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 Response: Late Permian Extinctions

Andrew H. Knoll, Richard K. Bambach, Donald Canfield, and John P. Grotzinger
Science 29 November 1996: 1551-1552.
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HLA Sequence Polymorphism and the Origin of Humans

H. A. Erlich, T. F. Bergström, M. Stoneking, U. Gyllensten;, and F. J. Ayala
Science 29 November 1996: 1552-1554.
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 Response: Late Permian Extinctions

Paul B. Wignall and Richard J. Twitchett
Science 29 November 1996: 1552.
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 HLA Sequence Polymorphism and the Origin of Humans

Henry A. Erlich, Tomas F. Bergström, Mark Stoneking, and Ulf Gyllensten
Science 29 November 1996: 1552-1554.
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 Response: HLA Sequence Polymorphism and the Origin of Humans

Francisco J. Ayala
Science 29 November 1996: 1554.
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