Biology & Life Sciences

Challenges Collection

Published June 8, 2016 Curated Collections

This collection of brief provocative discussion papers, initiated and edited by Simon Levin, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, aims to highlight fundamental questions in biology that cut across and help unify different biological disciplines.

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PLOS Biology Fundamental Questions in Biology
September 12, 2006 Simon A Levin

Essays

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PLOS Biology Viral Evolution in the Genomic Age
October 2, 2007 Edward C Holmes
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PLOS Biology The Genetics of Brain Wiring: From Molecule to Mind
April 17, 2007 Kevin J Mitchell
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10.1371/journal.pbio.0050082

PLOS Biology Environmental Shotgun Sequencing: Its Potential and Challenges for Studying the Hidden World of Microbes
March 13, 2007 Jonathan A Eisen
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PLOS Biology Evolution, Interactions, and Biological Networks
January 16, 2007 Joshua S Weitz, Philip N Benfey, Ned S Wingreen
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10.1371/journal.pbio.0040299

PLOS Biology Cooperation among Microorganisms
September 12, 2006 Ned S Wingreen, Simon A Levin
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10.1371/journal.pbio.0040428

PLOS Biology Balancing Robustness and Evolvability
December 12, 2006 Richard E Lenski, Jeffrey E Barrick, Charles Ofria
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PLOS Biology Stoichiometry and the New Biology: The Future Is Now
July 17, 2007 James J Elser, Andrew Hamilton