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Science, New Series, Vol. 256, No. 5053, Apr. 3, 1992


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Front Matter (31 pp.)
Editorial: Scientific Research in Universities, p. 9
Philip H. Abelson


Letters
Patenting Complementary DNA, p. 11
Alan Howarth; Antonio Ruberti
Anomalies in Sociobiology, pp. 14+79
David P. Barash


ScienceScope, p. 19
David P. Hamilton


News and Comment
NASA at the Edge of the Abyss, pp. 20-22
Eliot Marshall
Warm Reception for Substitute Coolant, p. 22
Richard Stone
The Academy Gives a Hard Push, p. 23
Colin Norman
The Richards Panel Tosses a Curve, p. 23
David P. Hamilton
NIH Spells Out Plans for A $45 Million Initiative, p. 24
Joseph Palca
The Whitehead Institute Reaches Toward Adulthood, pp. 25-27
Michelle Hoffman


Random Samples, pp. 28-29
Richard Stone


Research News
Putting a Cosmic Illusion to Work, pp. 30-31
Faye Flam
Test Could Yield Improved Colon Cancer Detection, p. 32
Jean Marx
Neandertal Language Debate: Tongues Wag Anew, pp. 33-34
Ann Gibbons
Is "Flying Primate" Hypothesis Headed for a Crash Landing?, p. 34
Ann Gibbons
Fugitive Carbon Dioxide: It's Not Hiding in the Ocean, p. 35
Richard A. Kerr


Computing in Science
The Third Branch of Science Debuts, pp. 44-47
R. P.
Massively Parallel Machines Usher In Next Level of Computing Power, pp. 50-51
R. P.
Mathematicians Join the Computer Revolution, pp. 52-53
R. P.
Bringing the Computer Revolution Down to a Personal Level, pp. 55+57+59+61-62
R. P.


Perspective
Ultracomputers: A Teraflop Before Its Time, p. 64
Gordon Bell
Selfish Genes, p. 65
J. J. Bull; I. J. Molineux; J. H. Werren


Physics and Device Applications of Optical Microcavities, pp. 66-70
H. Yokoyama

Biomass and Carbon Budget of European Forests, 1971 to 1990, pp. 70-74
Pekka E. Kauppi; Kari Mielikainen; Kullervo Kuusela


Research Article
Oceanic Uptake of Fossil Fuel CO2: Carbon- 13 Evidence, pp. 74-79
P. D. Quay; B. Tilbrook; C. S. Wong


Letters
The Search for Eve, p. 79
Rebecca L. Cann


Corrections and Clarifications: Wilson Slashes Spending for Antismoking Effort, p. 79
Corrections and Clarifications: "AAAS in Chicago: Dawn of a New Era?", p. 79
Corrections and Clarifications: What's Left on the Table, p. 79


Reports
Diamond from the Dabie Shan Metamorphic Rocks and Its Implication for Tectonic Setting, pp. 80-82
Xu Shutong; A. I. Okay; Ji Shouyuan; A. M. C. Sengör; Su Wen; Liu Yican; Jiang Laili
Variations in Strength and Slip Rate Along the San Andreas Fault System, pp. 83-86
Craig H. Jones; Steven G. Wesnousky
Rejection of the "Flying Primate" Hypothesis by Phylogenetic Evidence from the ε-Globin Gene, pp. 86-89
Wendy J. Bailey; Jerry L. Slightom; Morris Goodman
Maternal-Effect Selfish Genes in Flour Beetles, pp. 89-92
R. W. Beeman; K. S. Friesen; R. E. Denell
A Conformation of Cyclosporin A in Aqueous Environment Revealed by the X-ray Structure of a Cyclosporin-Fab Complex, pp. 92-94
Danièle Altschuh; Olivier Vix; Bernard Rees; Jean-Claude Thierry
Competition for Overlapping Sites in the Regulatory Region of the Drosophila Gene Krüppel, pp. 94-97
Michael Hoch; Nicole Gerwin; Heike Taubert; Herbert Jäckle
Molecular Cloning of the Interleukin- 1β Converting Enzyme, pp. 97-100
Douglas Pat Cerretti; Carl J. Kozlosky; Bruce Mosley; Nicole Nelson; Kirk Van Ness; Teresa A. Greenstreet; Carl J. March; Shirley R. Kronheim; Teresa Druck; Linda A. Cannizzaro; Kay Huebner; Roy A. Black
Balancing Selection at Allozyme Loci in Oysters: Implications from Nuclear RFLPs, pp. 100-102
Stephen A. Karl; John C. Avise
Identification of ras Oncogene Mutations in the Stool of Patients with Curable Colorectal Tumors, pp. 102-105
David Sidransky; Takashi Tokino; Stanley R. Hamilton; Kenneth W. Kinzler; Bernard Levin; Philip Frost; Bert Vogelstein
CD19: Lowering the Threshold for Antigen Receptor Stimulation of B Lymphocytes, pp. 105-107
Robert H. Carter; Douglas T. Fearon
Participation of Non-Zinc Finger Residues in DNA Binding by Two Nuclear Orphan Receptors, pp. 107-110
Thomas E. Wilson; Ragnhild E. Paulsen; Kerstien A. Padgett; Jeffrey Milbrandt


Technical Comments
The Disulfide Folding Pathway of BPTI, pp. 111-114
Thomas E. Creighton; Jonathan S. Weissman; Peter S. Kim


Book Reviews
Disabilities and Definitions, pp. 116-117
Deadly Dust. Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth-Century America.
David Rosner; Gerald Markowitz
Review author[s]: James L. Weeks
Donorism, pp. 117-118
Giving Blood. The Development of an Altruistic Identity.
Jane Allyn Piliavin; Peter L. Callero; Louise Keating; Brain Koski; Donald Libby
Review author[s]: Linda H. Aiken
Books Received, pp. 118-119


Back Matter (29 pp.)

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