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F1000 Factor 8.5

Confirmation

Hypothesis

New Finding

Tech Advance

FLO1 is a variable green beard gene that drives biofilm-like cooperation in budding yeast.
Smukalla S, Caldara M, …, Foster KR, Verstrepen KJ
Cell 2008 Nov 14 135(4):726-37 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Mark Rose / Joe Heitman with Lukasz Kozubowski / Laurent Keller with Romain Libbrecht / Gerhard Braus / Vincent Jansen

First evaluation 16 Dec 2008 | Latest evaluation 7 Jan 2009

	Must Read
F1000 Factor 6.4

New Finding

Controversial

Globally distributed uncultivated oceanic N2-fixing cyanobacteria lack oxygenic photosystem II.
Zehr JP, Bench SR, …, Tripp HJ, Affourtit JP
Science 2008 Nov 14 322(5904):1110-2 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Susan Golden / Debashish Bhattacharya with Adrian Reyes-Prieto

First evaluation 28 Nov 2008 | Latest evaluation 2 Jan 2009

	Must Read
F1000 Factor 5.0

Confirmation

New Finding

Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica.
Rumpho ME, Worful JM, …, Moustafa A, Manhart JR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Nov 18 105(46):17867-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Anthony Zera / C. Graham Clark / H Ekkehard Neuhaus / Julin Maloof
First evaluation 28 Nov 2008 | Latest evaluation 11 Dec 2008

	Recommended
F1000 Factor 3.2

New Finding

Detection of endogenous retinoids in the molluscan CNS and characterization of the trophic and tropic actions of 9-cis retinoic acid on isolated neurons.
Dmetrichuk JM, Carlone RL, …, Vesprini ND, Spencer GE
J Neurosci 2008 Nov 26 28(48):13014-24 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Malcolm Maden / Monte Gates with Rowan Orme

First evaluation 15 Dec 2008 | Latest evaluation 2 Jan 2009

	Recommended
F1000 Factor 3.2

Confirmation

Hypothesis

New Finding

Selfish genetic elements promote polyandry in a fly.
Price TA, Hodgson DJ, …, Hurst GD, Wedell N
Science 2008 Nov 21 322(5905):1241-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Laurent Keller / Daniel Promislow with Dale Hoyt
First evaluation 3 Dec 2008 | Latest evaluation 4 Dec 2008

Top 10s are generated every day using only papers added to F1000 Biology over the preceding month. Papers are ranked according to their F1000 Factor which incorporates both the number of times a paper has been evaluated, and the ratings it received. If any papers have an equal F1000 Factor then the most recently added paper is listed first.