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Science, New Series, Vol. 253, No. 5022, Aug. 23, 1991


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Front Matter (11 pp.)
Resources of Plant Germplasm, p. 833
Philip H. Abelson


Letters
Women Lab Heads, p. 834
Marion Freistadt
Shaking the Family Tree, p. 834
G. N. van Vark; A. Bilsborough
EC Biotechnology Policy, pp. 834-835
Stephen Cooney
Support for Jenny Harrison, p. 835
Patricia St. Lawrence


Erratum: Popovic Blasts Accusers, Demands Report be Withdrawn, p. 835
Erratum: Three-Dimensional Readout of Flash X-ray Images of Living Sperm in Water by Atomic-Force Microscopy, p. 835


Policy Forum
The End of Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty, pp. 838-839
Albert Rees; Sharon P. Smith


ScienceScope, p. 841
Richard Stone


News and Comment
Get-the-Lead-Out Guru Challenged, pp. 842-844
Joseph Palca
Greenhouse Bandwagon Rolls On, p. 845
Richard A. Kerr
Boston Loses 1992 AIDS Meeting, p. 845
Michelle Hoffman
Jawboning Prehistory, p. 846
Ann Gibbons
Has Challenger Knocked Out Galileo?, pp. 846-847
Ann Gibbons
Policy-Making: Getting Better Data, p. 847
David P. Hamilton
Small is Beautiful for University Space Outfit, pp. 848-849
Jane Bird
Post-Mortem on Storb Resignation, p. 850
David P. Hamilton
A Reprieve for MIT's Magnet Lab, p. 850
D. P. H.
A Changing of the Guards, p. 850
J. P.


Briefings
Gene Zapping, p. 851
Richard Stone
Searching for the Perfect Fit, p. 851
Richard Stone
African Research Waning, p. 851
Richard Stone
The Case of the Missing Milkweed, p. 851
Richard Stone


Research News
Forecasting the Global AIDS Epidemic, pp. 852-854
Elizabeth Culotta
The Education of Silicon Linguists, pp. 854-855
Richard Stone
Speculating in Precious Computronium, pp. 856-857
Ivan Amato
New Clue Found to Alzheimer's, pp. 857-858
Jean Marx
Quantum Cryptography's Only Certainty: Secrecy, p. 858
Faye Flam


Perspectives
Sigma Factor Relatives in Eukaryotes, p. 859
Judith A. Jaehning
Declining Amphibian Populations, p. 860
David B. Wake


Laser Manipulation of Atoms and Particles, pp. 861-866
Steven Chu

Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources: Global Development and Environmental Concerns, pp. 866-872
Joel I. Cohen; J. Trevor Williams; Donald L. Plucknett; Henry Shands


Research Articles
Atomic Structure of Acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica: A Prototypic Acetylcholine-Binding Protein, pp. 872-879
Joel L. Sussman; Michal Harel; Felix Frolow; Christian Oefner; Adrian Goldman; Lilly Toker; Israel Silman
Impact-Induced Cleaving and Melting of Alkali-Halide Nanocrystals, pp. 879-883
Rainer D. Beck; Pamela St. John; Margie L. Homer; Robert L. Whetten


Reports
13 C NMR Spectroscopy of KxC 60 : Phase Separation, Molecular Dynamics, and Metallic Properties, pp. 884-886
R. Tycko; G. Dabbagh; M. J. Rosseinsky; D. W. Murphy; R. M. Fleming; A. P. Ramirez; J. C. Tully
(RbxK 1-x )3C 60 Superconductors: Formation of a Continuous Series of Solid Solutions, pp. 886-888
Chia-Chun Chen; Stephen P. Kelty; Charles M. Lieber
Interpretation of Snow-Climate Feedback as Produced by 17 General Circulation Models, pp. 888-892
R. D. Cess; G. L. Potter; M.-H. Zhang; J.-P. Blanchet; S. Chalita; R. Colman; D. A. Dazlich; A. D. Del Genio; V. Dymnikov; V. Galin; D. Jerrett; E. Keup; A. A. Lacis; H. Le Treut; X.-Z. Liang; J.-F. Mahfouf; B. J. McAvaney; V. P. Meleshko; J. F. B. Mitchell; J.-J. Morcrette; P. M. Norris; D. A. Randall; L. Rikus; E. Roeckner; J.-F. Royer; U. Schlese; D. A. Sheinin; J. M. Slingo; A. P. Sokolov; K. E. Taylor; W. M. Washington; R. T. Wetherald; I. Yagai
Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations, pp. 892-895
Joseph H. K. Pechmann; David E. Scott; Raymond D. Semlitsch; Janalee P. Caldwell; Laurie J. Vitt; J. Whitfield Gibbons
A Polypeptide from Tomato Leaves Induces Wound-Inducible Proteinase Inhibitor Proteins, pp. 895-898
Gregory Pearce; Daniel Strydom; Scott Johnson; Clarence A. Ryan
Evidence of Lactate Dehydrogenase-B Allozyme Effects in the Teleost, Fundulus heteroclitus, pp. 898-900
Leonard DiMichele; Kennedy T. Paynter; Dennis A. Powers
Related RNA Polymerase-Binding Regions in Human RAP30/74 and Escherichia coli σ70, pp. 900-902
Susan McCracken; Jack Greenblatt
Requirement for Positive Selection of γδ Receptor-Bearing T Cells, pp. 903-905
Faith B. Wells; Sara-Jo Gahm; Stephen M. Hedrick; Jeffrey A. Bluestone; Alexander Dent; Louis A. Matis
Targets for Cell Cycle Arrest by the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin in Yeast, pp. 905-909
Joseph Heitman; N. Rao Movva; Michael N. Hall
Factor XI Activation in a Revised Model of Blood Coagulation, pp. 909-912
David Gailani; George J. Broze, Jr.
Stimulation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation by NMDA Receptor Activation, pp. 912-914
Hilmar Bading; Michael E. Greenberg


Technical Comments
Proliferative Breast Disease: Diagnosis and Implications, pp. 915-916
David L. Page; William D. Dupont; Mark Skolnick; C. Jay Marshall; William McWhorter; David Goldgar; Lisa Cannon-Albright; John H. Ward; Harmon Eyre; G. Berry Schumann; D. Tim Bishop
Critical Velocity of Stick-Slip Motion, p. 916
Mark O. Robbins; Peter A. Thompson


Book Reviews
Scientific Adventuresses, pp. 917-918
Women in the Field. America's Pioneering Women Naturalists.
Marcia Myers Bonta
Review author[s]: Nancy G. Slack
Underrepresentations, p. 919
Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women.
Review author[s]: Evelynn M. Hammonds
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Major Evolutionary Radiations.
P. D. Taylor; G. P. Larwood
Review author[s]: K. L.
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Population Regulation and Dynamics.
M. P. Hassell; R. M. May
Review author[s]: K. L.
Books Received, p. 920


Back Matter (20 pp.)

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