During oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster, the cells in the follicular epithelium of the ovary undergo a transition from a cuboidal to a squamous shape. In this issue, Gomez et al. (2012. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201207150) show that the kinase Tao promotes the endocytosis of the cell adhesion molecule Fasciclin 2 from the lateral surface of the cell and is critical for the...

At the core of political economy theory is the claim that income drives political preferences, yet empirical estimates of income’s effect on political behavior range widely. Drawing from a tradition in economic history and anthropology, we propose the use of height as a proxy for economic well-being. Using data from the British Household Panel Study, we find that taller individuals are more lik...

Height of convective layer in planetary atmospheres with condensable and non-condensable greenhouse substances A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, and T. Pujol Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St.-Petersburg, Russia Department of Physics, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Received: 25 October 2003 – Accepted: 8 December 2003 – Published: 16...