What's New at Parks Library?
June 2006

Compiled by Andrea Dinkelman, Subject Librarian for BBMB, EEOB, and GDCB

152 Parks Library, 294-6943, adinkelm@iastate.edu

Homepage: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~adinkelm/homepage.html


  1. Recent Additions to the Collection - ISU Author!
  2. Who's Publishing at ISU?
  3. Your Input Needed for Library Website Redesign Project!
  4. New Resource at Parks Library - Proquest Historical Newspapers: New York Times, 1851-2003
  5. Featured Websites - Darwin Digital Library of Evolution; NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life; Inside Cancer; ChemBank; and Affymetrix Microarray Bulletin

Recent Additions to the Collection - Each title links to the Parks Library catalog record.

ISU Author

QH87.3 V35 2006 The biology of freshwater wetlands /

This book was authored by Arnold G. van der Valk, Professor, Ecology, Evolutionary & Organismal Biology.

Women & Science

Q130 S83 2006 Success strategies for women in science : a portable mentor /
Q141.S556 2006 Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science /

Ben Franklin - Bioethics

Q143.F8 C47 2006 The first scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius /
QH332 B77x 2005 Introduction to bioethics /
Q162.S825 2006 Sex, drugs and DNA : science's taboos confronted /

Nature Conservation - Extinction - Biogeography - Biogeochemistry

QH75 A345 2006 The future of the wild : radical conservation for a crowded world /
QH76 M85x 2005 The multiple values of wilderness /
QH76.5 L8 D73x 2005 Drawing Louisiana's new map : addressing land loss in coastal Louisiana /
QH78 M33 2004 The death of life : the horror of extinction /
QH96.8 B53 P73 2005 A practitioner's guide to freshwater biodiversity conservation /
QH104.5 H83 H83 2006 The Hudson River Estuary /
QH104.5 N58 T56 2005 In search of swampland : a wetland sourcebook and field guide /
QH104.5 R6 C36 2005 The Rockies : a natural history /
QH106.2 P72 M36x 2005 Managing changing prairie landscapes /
QH198 H3 C85 2006 Islands in a far sea : the fate of nature in Hawai'i /
QH344 M36x 2006 Carbon and its domestication /

Microscopy - Biomathematics

QH207 B27 2006 Basic methods in microscopy : protocols and concepts from Cells : a laboratory manual /
QH324.9 T45 F73 2006 Three-dimensional electron microscopy of macromolecular assemblies : visualization of biological molecules in their native state /
QH323.5 H38x 2005 Biomeasurement /
QH323.5 I866 2005 Mathematical modeling for the life sciences /

Bioinformatics

QH324.2 P35 2006 Systems biology : properties of reconstructed networks /
QH324.2 .X56 2006 Essential bioinformatics /
QA76.618 H36 2006 Handbook of bioinspired algorithms and applications /

Population Biology - Evolution

QH352 W456 2005 Why does the world stay green? : nutrition and survival of plant-eaters
QH367 P22x 2005 Seven deadly colours : the genius of nature's palette and how it eluded Darwin /
QH371 .M54 2006 The evolving world : evolution in everyday life /
QH371.3.M37 W38 2006 Compositional evolution : the impact of sex, symbiosis, and modularity on the gradualist framework of evolution /

QH390 .I47 2006 The implicit genome /

Genetics

QH434 D98 2005 The dynamic bacterial genome /
QH438.4 M3 R6213 2005 DNA, words and models /
QH438.7 E87x 2006 The ethics of inheritable genetic modification : a dividing line? /
QH442 B43x 2006 A guide to biomolecular simulations /
QH442 G44313 2006 Genetic engineering /
QH442.2 C5644 2006 Cloning /
QH442.2 W66 2006 The ABCs of gene cloning /
QH447 R43 2006 Reaping the benefits of genomic and proteomic research : intellectual property rights, innovation, and public health /
QH450 B55 2006 The biology of genetic dominance /
QH450.6 W35 2006 Posttranslational modification of proteins : expanding nature's inventory /
QH453 G47 2006 Genes in development : re-reading the molecular paradigm /
QH455 A485 2006 Intraspecific genetic diversity : monitoring, conservation, and management /
QH457 .R88 2006 Genes and behavior : nature -- nurture interplay explained /
QH457 .W747 2006 Wrestling with behavioral genetics : science, ethics, and public conversation

SB106.B56 P582 2006 Plant biotechnology : current and future applications of genetically modified crops /
QH467 F753 2005 DNA repair and mutagenesis /
QP623.5 S63 G34 2005 RNA silencing : with an appendix on gene therapy by Eithan Galun /

Biophysics

QH505 J33x 2006 Molecular and cellular biophysics /

Ecology

QH541 R26x 2006 Ecology of populations /
QH541.14 .E243 2006 Ecology and biomechanics : a mechanical approach to the ecology of animals and plants /
QH541.15 E19 D79x 2006 Dryland ecohydrology /
QH541.5 M3 N38x 2005 Natural and constructed wetlands : nutrients, metals and management
QH541.5.W3 W449 2006 The biology of temporary waters /
QH545 A1 P745 2006 Principles of ecotoxicology /
QH546.3 R64x 2005 Nonequilibrium ecology /

Cytology

QH600.3 T45 2006 Telomeres /
QH601.2 N843 2005 Nuclear import and export in plants and animals /
QH631 S92x 2005 Systems biology: definitions and perspectives /


Botany - Plant Anatomy & Physiology

QK95 .T373 2006 Taxonomy and plant conservation : the cornerstone of the conservation and the sustainable use of plants /
QK99.A1 D36 2006 Medicinal plants : chemistry and properties /
QK99 A1 R2813 2005 The encyclopedia of psychoactive plants : ethnopharmacology and its applications /
QK495 A1 B44x 2005 Systematic botany /
QK495 L52 L386x 2005 Legumes of the world /
QK601 S73 2005 Mycelium running : how mushrooms can help save the world /
QK641 B38 2005 An introduction to plant structure and development : plant anatomy for the twenty-first century /
QK754 P49x 2006 Physiology and molecular biology of stress tolerance in plants /
QK756 .I58 2004 Cold hardiness in plants : molecular genetics, cell biology and physiology /
QK825 J66x 2005 Evolutionary ecology of plant reproductive strategies /

Birds

QL676 .B454 2005 The bedside book of birds : an avian miscellany /
QL676.5 .K74 2006 The Audubon Society guide to attracting birds : creating natural habitats for properties large and small /
QL683 G68 J46x 2005 Birds of the Great Plains /
QL684 I6 J64x 2005 Iowa birds /
QL689.S58 H38 2006 Pilgrim on the great bird continent : the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks /
QL696.5 M33 2006 Handbook of avian hybrids of the world /


Vertebrate Anatomy

QL805 K35 2006 Vertebrates : comparative anatomy, function, evolution /

Aging

QP86 A75 2006 The biology of aging : observations and principles /
QP86 S27 2006 Epidemiology of aging : an ecological approach

Protein Biochemistry

QP551 L863 2006 The evolution from protein chemistry to proteomics : basic science to clinical application QP551 P6975113 2005 Protein-protein interactions : a molecular cloning manual /
QP551 P69723 2005 Protein movement across membranes /
QP551 T723 2005 The ten most wanted solutions in protein bioinformatics /
QP551 T94 2004 Principles of proteomics /
QP551 W535 2005 Proteins : structure and function /

Microarrays

QP624.5.D726 D633 2005 DNA microarrays /
QP624.5 D726 D636 2006 DNA microarrays and related genomics techniques : designs, analysis, and interpretation of experiments /
QP624.5 D726 M85 2006 Microarrays /

Microbiology and Immunology

QR41.2 .S33 2006 Microbe /
QR88 .W48 2007 The physiology and biochemistry of prokaryotes /
QR100 .M387 2006 Microbial ecology : an evolutionary approach /
QR184 I46 2006 Immunogenomics and human disease /
QR187 P4 M64 2005 Molecular mechanisms of phagocytosis /

Who's Publishing at ISU?

The following citations were retrieved from PubMed. The following papers were published by faculty associated with the following departments or programs: Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary & Organismal Biology; and Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology; Interdepartmental Genetics; and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The papers were added to PubMed between March 15, 2006 and June 22, 2006.

1: Grapes L, Rothschild MF.
Investigation of a QTL region for loin eye area and fatness on pig Chromosome 1.
Mamm Genome. 2006 Jun;17(6):657-68. Epub 2006 Jun 12.
PMID: 16783645 [PubMed - in process]

2: Maher PM, Chou HH, Hahn E, Wen TJ, Schnable PS.
GRAMA: genetic mapping analysis of temperature gradient capillary electrophoresis data.
Theor Appl Genet. 2006 Jun;113(1):156-62. Epub 2006 Apr 20.
PMID: 16783596 [PubMed - in process]

3: Wang Y, Spalding MH.
An inorganic carbon transport system responsible for acclimation specific to air levels of CO2 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jun 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16777959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

4: Bhosle RC, Michele DE, Campbell KP, Li Z, Robson RM.
Interactions of intermediate filament protein synemin with dystrophin and utrophin.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jun 9; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16777071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

5: Grapes L, Rothschild MF.
Investigation of a QTL region for loin eye area and fatness on pig Chromosome 1.
Mamm Genome. 2006 Jun 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16770481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

6: Cheeseman JH, Kaiser MG, Ciraci C, Kaiser P, Lamont SJ.
Breed effect on early cytokine mRNA expression in spleen and cecum of chickens with and without Salmonella enteritidis infection.
Dev Comp Immunol. 2006 May 19; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16762413 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

7: Mukerjea R, Slocum G, Mukerjea R, Robyt JF.
Significant differences in the activities of alpha-amylases in the absence and presence of polyethylene glycol assayed on eight starches solubilized by two methods.
Carbohydr Res. 2006 Jun 6; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16762330 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

8: Yandeau-Nelson MD, Xia Y, Li J, Neuffer MG, Schnable P.
Unequal sister chromatid and homolog recombination at a tandem duplication of the a1 locus in maize.
Genetics. 2006 Jun 4; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16751673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

9: Ramos AM, Helm J, Sherwood J, Rocha D, Rothschild MF.
Mapping of 21 genetic markers to a QTL region for meat quality on pig chromosome 17.
Anim Genet. 2006 Jun;37(3):296-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 16734700 [PubMed - in process]

10: Mote BE, Rothschild MF.
SNP detection and linkage mapping for pig genes involved in growth.
Anim Genet. 2006 Jun;37(3):295-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 16734699 [PubMed - in process]

11: Bennett AK, Hester PY, Spurlock DE.
Polymorphisms in vitamin D receptor, osteopontin, insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin, and their associations with bone, egg and growth traits in a layer-broiler cross in chickens.
Anim Genet. 2006 Jun;37(3):283-6.
PMID: 16734694 [PubMed - in process]

12: Skibbe DS, Wang X, Zhao X, Borsuk LA, Nettleton D, Schnable PS.
Scanning microarrays at multiple intensities enhances discovery of differentially expressed genes.
Bioinformatics. 2006 May 26; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16731695 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

13: Rath U, Ding Y, Deng H, Qi H, Bao X, Zhang W, Girton J, Johansen J, Johansen KM.
The chromodomain protein, Chromator, interacts with JIL-1 kinase and regulates the structure of Drosophila polytene chromosomes.
J Cell Sci. 2006 Jun 1;119(Pt 11):2332-41.
PMID: 16723739 [PubMed - in process]

14: Hasenstein JR, Zhang G, Lamont SJ.
Analyses of Five gallinacin genes and the Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis response in poultry.
Infect Immun. 2006 Jun;74(6):3375-80.
PMID: 16714567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

15: Grapes L, Rudd S, Fernando RL, Megy K, Rocha D, Rothschild MF.
Prospecting for pig single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human genome: have we struck gold?
J Anim Breed Genet. 2006 Jun;123(3):145-51.
PMID: 16706918 [PubMed - in process]

16: Debinski DM, Vannimwegen RE, Jakubauskas ME.
Quantifying relationships between bird and butterfly community shifts and environmental change.
Ecol Appl. 2006 Feb;16(1):380-93.
PMID: 16705987 [PubMed - in process]

17: Miller WA, White KA.
Long-Distance RNA-RNA Interactions in Plant Virus Gene Expression and Replication.
Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2006 Apr 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16704356 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

18: Udall JA, Swanson JM, Nettleton D, Percifield RJ, Wendel JF.
A novel approach for characterizing expression levels of genes duplicated by polyploidy.
Genetics. 2006 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16702424 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

19: Lerach S, Zhang W, Bao X, Deng H, Girton J, Johansen J, Johansen KM.
Loss-of-Function Alleles of the JIL-1 Kinase are Strong Suppressors of Position Effect Variegation of the wm4 Allele in Drosophila.
Genetics. 2006 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16702418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

21: Ginder ND, Binkowski DJ, Fromm HJ, Honzatko RB.
Nucleotide complexes of Esherichia coli phosphoribosyl-aminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide synthetase.
J Biol Chem. 2006 May 9; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16687397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

22: Opriessnig T, Fenaux M, Thomas P, Hoogland MJ, Rothschild MF, Meng XJ, Halbur PG.
Evidence of breed-dependent differences in susceptibility to porcine circovirus type-2-associated disease and lesions.
Vet Pathol. 2006 May;43(3):281-93.
PMID: 16672575 [PubMed - in process]

23: Hines JK, Fromm HJ, Honzatko RB.
Novel allosteric activation site in Escherichia coli fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase.
J Biol Chem. 2006 May 2; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16670087 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

24: Rhee SY, Dickerson J, Xu D.
BIOINFORMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN PLANT BIOLOGY.
Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2006 Jun 2;57:335-360.
PMID: 16669765 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

25: Che P, Lall S, Nettleton D, Howell SH.
Gene Expression Programs during Shoot, Root, and Callus Development in Arabidopsis Tissue Culture.
Plant Physiol. 2006 Jun;141(2):620-37. Epub 2006 Apr 28.
PMID: 16648215 [PubMed - in process]

26: Swanson-Wagner RA, Jia Y, DeCook R, Borsuk LA, Nettleton D, Schnable PS.
All possible modes of gene action are observed in a global comparison of gene
expression in a maize F1 hybrid and its inbred parents.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 2;103(18):6805-10. Epub 2006 Apr 25.
PMID: 16641103 [PubMed - in process]

27: Myers EM, Janzen FJ, Adams DC, Tucker JK.
Quantitative genetics of plastron shape in slider turtles (Trachemys scripta).
Evolution Int J Org Evolution. 2006 Mar;60(3):563-72.
PMID: 16637501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

28: Raich JW, Russell AE, Kitayama K, Parton WJ, Vitousek PM.
Temperature influences carbon accumulation in moist tropical forests.
Ecology. 2006 Jan;87(1):76-87.
PMID: 16634298 [PubMed - in process]

29: Wang BB, Brendel V.
Genomewide comparative analysis of alternative splicing in plants.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 2;103(18):7175-80. Epub 2006 Apr 21.
PMID: 16632598 [PubMed - in process]

30: Maher PM, Chou HH, Hahn E, Wen TJ, Schnable PS.
GRAMA: genetic mapping analysis of temperature gradient capillary electrophoresis data.
Theor Appl Genet. 2006 Apr 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16625386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

31: Skyberg JA, Logue CM, Nolan LK.
Virulence genotyping of Salmonella spp. with multiplex PCR.
Avian Dis. 2006 Mar;50(1):77-81.
PMID: 16617986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

32: Recknor JB, Sakaguchi DS, Mallapragada SK.
Directed growth and selective differentiation of neural progenitor cells on micropatterned polymer substrates.
Biomaterials. 2006 Aug;27(22):4098-108. Epub 2006 Apr 17.
PMID: 16616776 [PubMed - in process]

33: McElroy JP, Kim JJ, Harry DE, Brown SR, Dekkers JC, Lamont SJ.
Identification of trait loci affecting white meat percentage and other growth and carcass traits in commercial broiler chickens.
Poult Sci. 2006 Apr;85(4):593-605.
PMID: 16615342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

34: Nafikov RA, Ametaj BN, Bobe G, Koehler KJ, Young JW, Beitz DC.
Prevention of fatty liver in transition dairy cows by subcutaneous injections of glucagon.
J Dairy Sci. 2006 May;89(5):1533-45.
PMID: 16606724 [PubMed - in process]

35: Venkitaramani DV, Fulton DB, Andreotti AH, Johansen KM, Johansen J.
Mapping the Ca2+ -dependent binding of an invertebrate homolog of protein phosphatase 4 regulatory subunit 2 to the small EF-hand protein, calsensin.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Mar;1763(3):322-9. Epub 2006 Mar 24.
PMID: 16600403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

36: Reecy JM, Spurlock DM, Stahl CH.
Gene expression profiling: insights into skeletal muscle growth and development.
J Anim Sci. 2006 Apr;84 Suppl:E150-4.
PMID: 16582087 [PubMed - in process]

37: Lee JH, Murphy SC, Belshan M, Sparks WO, Wannemuehler Y, Liu S, Hope TJ,
Dobbs D, Carpenter S.
Characterization of functional domains of equine infectious anemia virus Rev suggests a bipartite RNA-binding domain.
J Virol. 2006 Apr;80(8):3844-52.
PMID: 16571801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

38: Wang L, Eggenberger A, Hill J, Bogdanove AJ.
Pseudomonas syringae effector avrB confers soybean cultivar-specific avirulence
on Soybean mosaic virus adapted for transgene expression but effector avrPto does not.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2006 Mar;19(3):304-12.
PMID: 16570660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

39: Makino S, Sugio A, White F, Bogdanove AJ.
Inhibition of resistance gene-mediated defense in rice by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2006 Mar;19(3):240-9.
PMID: 16570654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

40: Lu X, Xu Y, Zhang F, Shin YK.
Synaptotagmin I and Ca(2+) promote half fusion more than full fusion in SNARE-mediated bilayer fusion.
FEBS Lett. 2006 Apr 17;580(9):2238-46. Epub 2006 Mar 20.
PMID: 16566927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

41: Zhang Y, Shin YK.
Transmembrane organization of yeast syntaxin-analogue Sso1p.
Biochemistry. 2006 Apr 4;45(13):4173-81.
PMID: 16566591 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

42: Madsen ML, Nettleton D, Thacker EL, Minion FC.
Transcriptional profiling of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae during iron depletion using microarrays.
Microbiology. 2006 Apr;152(Pt 4):937-44.
PMID: 16549658 [PubMed - in process]

43: Stireman JO, Nason JD, Heard SB, Seehawer JM.
Cascading host-associated genetic differentiation in parasitoids of phytophagous insects.
Proc Biol Sci. 2006 Mar 7;273(1586):523-30.
PMID: 16537122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

44: Yu M, Geiger B, Deeb N, Rothschild MF.
Liver X receptor alpha and beta genes have the potential role on loin lean and fat content in pigs.
J Anim Breed Genet. 2006 Apr;123(2):81-8.
PMID: 16533361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

The following citations were retrieved from Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worlwide.

PEARSE, DEVON E.; ARNDT, ALLAN D.; VALENZUELA, NICOLE; MILLER, BECKY A.; CANTARELLI, VITOR; SITES JR, JACK W.
Estimating population structure under nonequilibrium conditions in a conservation context: continent-wide population genetics of the giant Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis expansa (Chelonia; Podocnemididae).
Molecular Ecology, 15(4): pp. 985-1006; Apr 2006

Eccard, J.A.; Dean, W.R.J.; Wichmann, M.C.; Huttunen, S.M.; Eskelinen, E.; Moloney, K.A.; Jeltsch, F.
Use of large Acacia trees by the cavity dwelling black-tailed tree rat in the southern Kalahari.
Journal of Arid Environments, 64(4): 604-615; March 2006

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New Resource at Parks Library

Proquest Historical Newspapers: New York Times

This is comprised of the New York Daily Times (1851-1857) and the New York Times (1857-2003).

You will find both of these titles listed in the e-journal list.

Check out the following stories:

HOW INFANTILE PARALYSIS SPREADS; Prof. Rosenau Proves Conclusively That It Is Transmitted by Stable Flies. THERE MAY BE OTHER MODES Medical Authorities Regard the Discovery as a Great Advance In Experimental Research.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Dec 1, 1912. p. X5 (1 page)

More Penicillin; America Speeds Production Of This Bacteria Killer
By WILLIAM L. LAURENCE. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 1, 1943. p. E7 (1 page)

NOBEL WINNERS; Importance of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Is Examined
By WILLIAM L. LAURENCE. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 21, 1962. p. 193 (1 page)

50% OF CORN CROP IS HYBRID SPECIES; 25,000,000 Acres of Variety Planted This Year Against Only a Few in 1936 GRAIN MOST USED IN IOWA Agricultural Marketing Service Lays Its Popularity to Drought Resistance
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Sep 10, 1940. p. 38 (1 page)

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