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College of Biological Sciences
BIO Fall 2008

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Features

Biochemistry

Genetic mutations have an upside for the immune system

Plant biology

Getting a nitrogen fix from an unlikely source

Molecular biology

Making sense of how cells copy genetic material

Student profile

Biology Without Borders returns to Tanzania

Alumni profile

Bridging the divide between basic research and public policy

Alumni profile

Bringing back the prairie and creating a source of power

BIO
Fall 2008

Cover story

And many more?

Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories has been a vital teaching and research resource for a century. But how many more birthdays will it celebrate?

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Abstracts

Climate change triggers epidemics in lions | The dynamics of cell protein disposal | Insights into how cells sense nearby nutrients | Gene for Lou Gehrig’s disease identified | Aggression in female chimps commonplace

Around the college

New department head for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior | Itasca centennial calendar hot off the presses | Up close and personal in the Galápagos | Biochemistry faculty help bring textbook price relief

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