Contents-March 2006

Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2006

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Ancient Indian roots? Denise R Carvalho-Silva, Tatiana Zerjal, Chris Tyler-Smith	1-2
Commentary
Magic with moulds: Meiotic and mitotic crossing over in Neurospora inversions and duplications Durgadas P Kasbekar	3–4
Perspectives
Erwin Bünning (1906–1990): A centennial homage M K Chandrashekaran	5-12
Series
Living in a physical world VI. Gravity and life in the air Steven Vogel	13-25
What history tells us IV. Ciliates as models . . . of what? Michel Morange	27-30
Articles
Allele-specific suppression of the temperature sensitivity of fitA/fitB mutants of Escherichia coli by a new mutation (fitC4): isolation, characterization and its implications in transcription control S Vidya, B Praveen Kamalakar, M Hussain Munavar, L Sathish Kumar and R Jayaraman	31-45
Coat protein sequence shows that Cucumber mosaic virus isolate from geraniums (Pelargonium spp.) belongs to subgroup II Neeraj Verma, B K Mahinghara, Raja Ram and A A Zaidi	47-54
Age-related changes of structures in cerebellar cortex of cat Changzheng Zhang, Tianmiao Hua, Zaiman Zhu and Xun Luo	55-60
Ni²⁺-uptake in Pseudomonas putida strain S4: a possible role of Mg²⁺-uptake pump V N Tripathi and S Srivastava	61-67
Candidate genes for drought tolerance and improved productivity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) M S Vinod, Naveen Sharma, K Manjunatha, Adnan Kanbar, N B Prakash and H E Shashidhar	69-74
Lyriform slit sense organs on the pedipalps and spinnerets of spiders Bhavani Patil, Suphala Prabhu and K P Rajashekhar	75-84
Natural recovery of steppe vegetation on vehicle tracks in central Mongolia Sheng-Gong Li, Maki Tsujimura, Atsuko Sugimoto, Gombo Davaa and Michiaki Sugita	85-93
Phylogenetic tests of distribution patterns in South Asia: towards an integrative approach Sayantan Biswas and Samraat S Pawar	95-113
Record of Lower Gondwana megafloral assemblage from Lower Kamthi Formation of Ib River Coalfield, Orissa, India Shreerup Goswami	115-128
A model for the dynamics of human weight cycling Sathees Albert Goldbeter	129-136
Review
The ubiquitin-proteasome system Dipankar Nandi, Pankaj Tahiliani,Anujith Kumar and Dilip Chandu	137-155
Mechanism of bacterial adaptation to low temperature M K Chattopadhyay	157-165
Looking back, looking beyond: revisiting the ethics of genome generation Minakshi Bhardwaj	167-176
Erratum Erwin Bünning (1906–1990): A centennial homage

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