This list will have to suffice for two weeks. Enjoy in moderation.

A cool paper on mapping behavioral trait in sticklebacks
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213009196
Shooling QTLs overlap lateral line QTLs. Validation or bummer?

Antihistamines are used to treat allergies, right?
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/46/E4369.full
One could use this fantastic paper to illustrate the power of genome-based medical discoveries, or to remind of potential side effects of drugs.

Now on to entertainment. Scientists going at each other MMA style #3: genetcists:
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/46/E4277.full
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/46/E4278.full

Dim the lights and read this romantic article about grad school:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_11_11/caredit.a1300248
Bait-and-switch selfie?

The good thing is, grad school is not forever:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_11_21/caredit.a1300256
An absolute must-read for those of you thinking about grad school.

So there are too many PhDs for the job market. The NIH solution: better mentoring and minority participation.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/798.1.full
Yep.

And now on to classical tragicomedy. Here is a multiple choice question: what should you do when you get a C+?
A. Celebrate
B. Forget about it
C. Feel ashamed
D. Sue the professor
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20131113_Ex-_student_seeks_new_trial_over_grade.html
Associated Press could have mentioned that said student's other grades must have been "less than stellar" if a C+ put her under minimum GPA. But that's not the tragedy. The fact that the person who thought (and still thinks) that way was one B- away from being YOUR genetic counselor is.

Happy Thanksgiving, and remember what happens when you share your turkey with the wrong people :-)

This week's list just happens to have a bit of a theme: enhancers.

Artifacts in ChIP experiments? No way?!
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/46/18602.full
A very nice paper. Makes me think of the superenhancers…

Enhancer mutations in pancreas agenesis
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.2826.html
I find that one particular author (among 21 listed) stands out: International Pancreatic Agenesis Consortium.

Don't like your nose or jaw line? Blame it on craniofacial enhancers!
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6157/1241006.abstract

Now some serious entertainment...

Scientists going at each other MMA style #2: developmental biologists.
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v45/n11/full/ng.2793.html
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v45/n11/full/ng.2812.html
An extremely didactic pair of mini-articles from very good labs.

… and a few good-night reads, scary and creepy in the tradition of folk tales:

Taking one for the team
http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2013/11/sex-and-single-sand-flea
The questions is: how dedicated are YOU to your research?

How did the Little Red Riding Hood story come about?
http://news.sciencemag.org/evolution/2013/11/evolution-little-red-riding-hood?rss=1

Nope. It's an account of a failed domestication attempt.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/871

Another nice paper demonstrating the importance of gene dosage
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v503/n7474/full/nature12630.html

If you (like me) think that "the zebrafish advantage" is externaly developing embryos, forward genetics and so forth, you are way too conventional.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867413012993

A nice popular science piece on Gibson assembly
http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-347917.html?utm_source=BioTechniques+Newsletters+%26+e-Alerts&utm_campaign=31c85957ab-pcr-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5f518744d7-31c85957ab-87700457#.UnrEp43QH3R

I am so doomed
http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2013/11/scienceshot-high-temperatures-turn-mammals-dwarves?rss=1

Viktorija: how will you dance heart regeneration in tbx5a mutants?
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/11/dance-your-ph.d.-finalists-announced?rss=1

With college tuition going through the roof, you'd think faculty must be getting filthy rich...
 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_10_31/caredit.a1300240
The law of conservation of energy ("nothing comes to be or perishes") clearly does not apply to tuition money. Or does it?

Now it turns out that not ALL zebrafish males fail to regenerate pectoral fins
http://dev.biologists.org/content/140/21/4323.full
a very nice paper!

A rare sight: structural biologists going at each other MMA style.
http://www.nature.com/news/rift-widens-over-structure-of-hiv-s-molecular-anchor-1.14071
What did you expect?!

Now we know why Australopithecus never got out of Africa: he was a terrible hitchhiker… http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v502/n7473/full/502597d.html

Is there a shortage of STEM graduates? I sent you a few indications that there isn't, this piece argues that there is.
http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/chevron-stem/2013/10/new-national-education-imperative/29/
Read it carefully. Is it more stEm than STEM, or is it just me? And what's up with the sponsor's message?