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Science, New Series, Vol. 247, No. 4946, Mar. 2, 1990


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Front Matter (41 pp.)
The Asbestos Removal Fiasco, p. 1017
Philip H. Abelson


Letters
DNA Fingerprinting, pp. 1018-1019
John K. Winkler, Jr.; Gobinda Sarkar; George B. Brown; Sanjay Kumar


Erratum: The Response of Living Cells to Very Weak Electric Fields: The Thermal Noise Limit, p. 1019


News and Comment
Quasicrystals: Rules of the Game, pp. 1020-1022
John Horgan
Academy Sued on "Plagiarized" Diet Report, p. 1022
Eliot Marshall
AAAS Meeting: Science and All That Jazz, pp. 1023-1025
J. P.; E. M.
Sharp's Reversal Shocks MIT Campus, p. 1026
Mark Crawford
Yeast Researcher Rises to Top at Whitehead, p. 1026
Barbara J. Cullington
Lasker Foundation Suspends 1990 Awards, p. 1026
Barbara J. Culliton
Monsanto Renews Ties to Washington University, p. 1027
Barbara J. Culliton
Penn Charges Retin-A Inventor with Conflict, pp. 1028-1029
Eliot Marshall
Feud Flares Over Thallium Superconductor, p. 1029
Robert Pool


Research News
Democratizing the DNA Sequence, pp. 1030-1032
Tim Appenzeller
Where Have All the Froggies Gone?, pp. 1033-1034
Marcia Barinaga
Electricity by Serendipity, pp. 1034-1035
Robert Pool
Packing Your n-Dimensional Marbles, p. 1035
Barry Cipra


Briefings
GYRO Experiment Findings Nixed, p. 1036
Mark H. Crawford
Funds Flow to HUGO, p. 1036
Mark H. Crawford
Wyngaarden to NAS, p. 1036
Mark H. Crawford
Asian-American to Lead Berkeley, p. 1036
Mark H. Crawford
Noli Me Tangere, p. 1036
Mark H. Crawford


Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification, pp. 1043-1048
William H. Schlesinger; James F. Reynolds; Gary L. Cunningham; Laura F. Huenneke; Wesley M. Jarrell; Ross A. Virginia; Walter G. Whitford

Gamma Rays and Neutrinos as Clues to the Origin of High Energy Cosmic Rays, pp. 1049-1056
Thomas K. Gaisser

Ceramic Thin Films: Fabrication and Applications, pp. 1056-1060
M. Sayer; K. Sreenivas


Reports
A Wave Dynamical Interpretation of Saturn's Polar Hexagon, pp. 1061-1063
M. Allison; D. A. Godfrey; R. F. Beebe
The Strange Periodic Comet Machholz, pp. 1063-1067
Daniel W. E. Green; Hans Rickman; Alain C. Porter; Karen J. Meech
Interparticle Collisions Driven by Ultrasound, pp. 1067-1069
Stephen J. Doktycz; Kenneth S. Suslick
Gaussian Free-Energy Dependence of Electron-Transfer Rates in Iridium Complexes, pp. 1069-1071
Lucius S. Fox; Mariusz Kozik; Jay R. Winkler; Harry B. Gray
Direct Coupling of Marine Invertebrate Spawning with Phytoplankton Blooms, pp. 1071-1074
Michel Starr; John H. Himmelman; Jean-Claude Therriault
Inhibition of Serum- and Ras-Stimulated DNA Synthesis by Antibodies to Phospholipase C, pp. 1074-1077
Mark R. Smith; Ya-lun Liu; Hyun Kim; Sue Goo Rhee; Hsiang-Fu Kung
Translation Initiation and Ribosomal Biogenesis: Involvement of a Putative rRNA Helicase and RPL46, pp. 1077-1079
A. B. Sachs; R. W. Davis
Tyrosine Kinase Activity and Transformation Potency of bcr-abl Oncogene Products, pp. 1079-1082
Tracy G. Lugo; Ann-Marie Pendergast; Alexander J. Muller; Owen N. Witte
HTLV-I Trans-Activator Protein, Tax, is a Trans-Repressor of the Human β-Polymerase Gene, pp. 1082-1084
Kuan-Teh Jeang; Steven G. Widen; Oliver J. Semmes IV; Samuel H. Wilson
Enhancement of SIV Infection with Soluble Receptor Molecules, pp. 1084-1088
Jonathan S. Allan; Janet Strauss; David W. Buck
Calcium-Sensitive Cross-Bridge Transitions in Mammalian Fast and Slow Skeletal Muscle Fibers, pp. 1088-1090
Joseph M. Metzger; Richard L. Moss
A Voltage-Dependent Chloride Current Linked to the Cell Cycle in Ascidian Embryos, pp. 1090-1092
Melodye L. Block; William J. Moody
Induction by Soluble Factors of Organized Axial Structures in Chick Epiblasts, pp. 1092-1094
Eduardo Mitrani; Yael Shimoni
Stable Carbon Isotopic Evidence for Carbon Limitation in Hydrothermal Vent Vestimentiferans, pp. 1094-1096
C. R. Fisher; M. C. Kennicutt II; J. M. Brooks


Inside AAAS, pp. 1097-1099


Book Reviews
Social Signs, pp. 1127-1128
The Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community.
Ceil Lucas
Review author[s]: Jean Berko Gleason
Winter Absences, p. 1128
Where Have All the Birds Gone? Essays on the Biology and Conservation of Birds that Migrate to the American Tropics.
John Terborgh
Review author[s]: Stanley A. Temple
Computational Physics, pp. 1128-1129
Frontiers in Numerical Relativity.
Charles R. Evans; Lee S. Finn; David W. Hobill
Review author[s]: Bernard F. Schutz
Biogenic Minerals, pp. 1129-1130
Biomineralization. Cell Biology and Mineral Deposition.
Kenneth Simkiss; Karl M. Wilbur
On Biomineralization.
Heinz A. Lowenstam; Stephen Weiner
Review author[s]: Arthur Veis
Reprints of Books Previously Reviewed, p. 1130
Books Received, p. 1130


Back Matter (26 pp.)

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