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January 20, 2015; vol. 112 no. 3

This Week in PNAS

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    In This Issue
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 631-632; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti0315112

PNAS 100th Anniversary Article

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      Identifying strains that contribute to complex diseases through the study of microbial inheritance
      Jeremiah J. Faith, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, and Jeffrey I. Gordon
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 633-640; first published January 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418781112

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      • Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms
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      • Malnutrition, gutted
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    Mammalian extinction in ancient Egypt, similarities with the southern Levant
    Guy Bar-Oz, Ella Tsahar, Ido Izhaki, and Simcha Lev-Yadun
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E238; first published January 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422133112

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    • Ancient Egypt’s fluctuating fauna
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    Ancient Egypt’s fluctuating fauna: Ecological events or cultural constructs?
    Linda Evans
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E239; first published January 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421246112

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    • Mammalian extinction in ancient Egypt
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    Reply to Evans and Bar-Oz et al.: Recovering ecological pattern and process in Ancient Egypt
    Justin D. Yeakel, Mathias M. Pires, Lars Rudolf, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Paul L. Koch, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr., and Thilo Gross
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E240; first published January 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422646112

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    • Collapse of an ecological network in Ancient Egypt
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Inner Workings

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    Inner Workings: Malnutrition, gutted
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    Elie Dolgin
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 641-642; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424398112

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    • Microbial inheritance and complex diseases
      - Jan 09, 2015

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    Impact synthesis of the RNA bases
    Andro C. Rios
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 643-644; first published January 7, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424273112

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    • High-energy chemistry of formamide
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    Geography and personality: Why do different neighborhoods have different vibes?
    Shigehiro Oishi
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 645-646; first published January 12, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423744112

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    • Personality in London
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    Reconstructing pathogen evolution from the ruins
    Sean-Paul Nuccio and Andreas J. Bäumler
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 647-648; first published January 7, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423499112

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    • Evolution of host adaptation
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    PNAS Plus Significance Statements
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 649-650; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11203

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    High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation
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    Martin Ferus, David Nesvorný, Jiří Šponer, Petr Kubelík, Regina Michalčíková, Violetta Shestivská, Judit E. Šponer, and Svatopluk Civiš
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 657-662; first published December 8, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412072111

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    • Impact synthesis of the RNA bases
      - Jan 07, 2015

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      Finding long chains in kidney exchange using the traveling salesman problem
      Ross Anderson, Itai Ashlagi, David Gamarnik, and Alvin E. Roth
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 663-668; first published January 5, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421853112
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      Percolation transition in dynamical traffic network with evolving critical bottlenecks
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 669-672; first published December 31, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419185112
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      Fermi surface reconstruction and multiple quantum phase transitions in the antiferromagnet CeRhIn5
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 673-678; first published January 5, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1413932112
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      Crowd science user contribution patterns and their implications
      Henry Sauermann and Chiara Franzoni
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 679-684; first published January 5, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408907112
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E241-E248; first published January 6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419683112
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      High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation
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      Martin Ferus, David Nesvorný, Jiří Šponer, Petr Kubelík, Regina Michalčíková, Violetta Shestivská, Judit E. Šponer, and Svatopluk Civiš
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 657-662; first published December 8, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412072111

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      • Impact synthesis of the RNA bases
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      Groundwater sapping as the cause of irreversible desertification of Hunshandake Sandy Lands, Inner Mongolia, northern China
      Xiaoping Yang, Louis A. Scuderi, Xulong Wang, Louis J. Scuderi, Deguo Zhang, Hongwei Li, Steven Forman, Qinghai Xu, Ruichang Wang, Weiwen Huang, and Shixia Yang
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      Emilie Thomassot, Jonathan O’Neil, Don Francis, Pierre Cartigny, and Boswell A. Wing
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      Programmable motion of DNA origami mechanisms
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 713-718; first published January 5, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408869112
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      Wei-Cheng Lee, Wan Kyu Park, Hamood Z. Arham, Laura H. Greene, and Philip Phillips
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      Edward L. Ionides, Dao Nguyen, Yves Atchadé, Stilian Stoev, and Aaron A. King
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 719-724; first published January 7, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410597112

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      Finding long chains in kidney exchange using the traveling salesman problem
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      Percolation transition in dynamical traffic network with evolving critical bottlenecks
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 725-730; first published January 12, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415800112

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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E241-E248; first published January 6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419683112
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E259-E266; first published January 6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410424112
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      Programmable motion of DNA origami mechanisms
      Alexander E. Marras, Lifeng Zhou, Hai-Jun Su, and Carlos E. Castro
      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 713-718; first published January 5, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408869112
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      Trigger loop folding determines transcription rate of Escherichia coli’s RNA polymerase
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      PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) 743-748; first published December 31, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421067112
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      Translatome analyses capture of opposing tissue-specific brassinosteroid signals orchestrating root meristem differentiation
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    Correction for Robertson et al., Assembly and molecular order of two-dimensional peptoid nanosheets through the oil–water interface
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E338; first published December 23, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424022112
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    Correction for Ferus et al., High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation
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    Correction for Wu et al., Structural basis for substrate specificity and catalysis of human histone acetyltransferase 1
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E340; first published December 31, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424013112
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    Correction for Jadi and Sejnowski, Cortical oscillations arise from contextual interactions that regulate sparse coding
    PNAS January 20, 2015 112 (3) E341; first published December 24, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423665112
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