Articles by Jonathan Eisen

Calling all evolutionary biologists - protect the "Tree of Life" from extinction by Hollywood

Deep Microbes Get all the Love

An Open Access Pioneer - Trent Reznor

Open Metagenomics: Selenium in the Oceans

Plant kin recognition? (Caution - Anthropocentrism ahead)

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ASM Phylogenomics Notes

Mutualism's Rule - So Says Olivia Judson at the Wild Side

NIH Mandate on Open Access - Good First Step, Thanks to PLoS et al, but still a long way to go

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