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BIOLOGY Adams, M. 2010. Discovering the lipid bilayer. Nature Education 3(9): 20.
Adams, M. 2010. The primary cilium: An orphan organelle finds a home. Nature Education 3(9): 54.
Adams, M. 2011. Teaching with Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education 32: 238-245.
Shantz, A.A., Stier, A.C., and Idjadi, J.A. 2011. Coral density and predation affect growth of a reef-building coral. Coral Reefs 30: 363-367.
Idjadi, J.A., Haring, R.N., and Precht, W.F. 2010. Recovery of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum promotes scleractinian coral growth and survivorship on shallow Jamaican reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403: 91-100.
Shinn-Thomas, J. H. and Mohler, W.A. 2011. New insights into the mechanism and role of cell-cell fusion. In: Kwang W. Jeon (Ed.). International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, Academic Press, Volume 289.
