Natural history

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  Año 1999, Vol. 108, Número 1 (FEB). Dedicado a: Special Section : It's a Germ's World, After All.

  • The Germ's World.

    Bruce Stutz

    págs. 6-6

    

  • Finding Other Worlds.

    David Morrison

    págs. 12-16

    

  • The Universe.

    Robert Anderson

    págs. 16-16

    

  • A Division of Worms: The use and disuse of Lamarck.

    Stephen Jay Gould

    págs. 18-22

    

  • Desert Survivor: An immigrant to the Southwest, the creosote bush is a that domiantes the landscape and engineers biodiversity.

    Jack C. Schultz, Ted Floyd

    págs. 24-29

    

  • Giraffes on the Rocks.

    Jean Clottes, David Coulson (fot.)

    págs. 30-31

    

  • Catching on to What's Catching: Some infections are slow to be recognized.

    Paul W. Ewald, Gregory Cochran

    págs. 34-37

    

  • Gut Reactions: A one-cell-thick wall stands between us and disaster.

    Sherwood L. Gorbach

    págs. 38-39

    

  • High-Risk Defenses: The body's self-destructive tactics against infection.

    Gregory Cochran, Paul W. Ewald

    págs. 40-43

    

  • Cast of Characters: A brief guide to agents of infection.

    Rachel Zoffness

    págs. 44-45

    

  • The World's Top Ten Infectious Killers in 1997.

    págs. 46-47

    

  • Do Viruses Control the Oceans?: Infection may be the spice of planktonic life.

    Curtis A. Suttle

    págs. 48-51

    

  • Birds, Bees, and STDs: Even flowers have sexually tansmitted infections.

    Yvonne Baskin

    págs. 52-55

    

  • To Fetch a Pail of Water.

    Mary L. Plummer, Rachel Cobb (fot.)

    págs. 56-65

    

  • Grand Staircase.

    Robert Anderson

    págs. 66-71

    

  • Second Sight.

    Joe Rao

    págs. 74-74

    

  • Pluto's Honor: Hailed as the newest member

    Neil De Grasse Tyson

    págs. 82-84

    

  • Epidemics.

    Rob DeSalle

    págs. 86-87

    

  • In Cold Blood.

    Richard Milner, Mark Warner (fot.)

    págs. 88-88