Articles selected by Faculty of 1000: similar embryos from divergent genomes; gene expression variation in twins; the E. coli stress response network; adaptive immune system evolution; alloployploid tobacco evolution

For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-322.asp#Oda-Ishii webciteAssessing natural variations in gene expression in humans by comparing with monozygotic twins using microarrays. Sharma A, Sharma VK, Horn-Saban S, Lancet D, Ramachandran S, Brahmachari SK. Physiol Genomics 2005, 21:117-123.For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-322.asp#Sharma webciteGenome-wide analysis of the general stress response network in Escherichia coli: sigmaS-dependent genes, promoters, and sigma factor selectivity. Weber H, Polen T, Heuveling J, Wendisch VF, Hengge R. J Bacteriol 2005, 187:1591-1603.For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-322.asp#Weber webciteGenes "waiting" for recruitment by the adaptive immune system: the insights from Amphioxus. Yu C, Dong M, Wu X, Li S, Huang S, Su J, Wei J, Shen Y, Mou C, Xie X, Lin J, Yuan S, Yu X, Yu Y, Du J, Zhang S, Peng X, Xiang M, Xu A. J Immunol 2005, 174:3493-3500.For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-322.asp#Yu webcitePreferential elimination of repeated DNA sequences from the paternal, Nicotiana tomentosiformis genome donor of a synthetic, allotetraploid tobacco. Skalická K, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Matzke M, Leitch AR, Kovarik A. New Phytol 2005, 166:291-303.For the Faculty of 1000 evaluation of this article please see: http://genomebiology.com/reports/F1000/gb-2005-6-5-322.asp#Skalicka webcite