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Bibliography for R. Brent Tully: 1972-present [1] Inclination Corrections to the Optical Luminosities and Diameters of Galaxies. 1972. Tully, R.B. Mon.Not. R.Ast.Soc., 159: 35P-40P. [2] The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51. 1972. Tully, R.B. Ph.D. Thesis, Uni- versity of Maryland. [3] The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51. I. Observations. 1974. Tully, R.B. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 27: 415-435. [4] The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51. II. Axisymmetric Properties. 1974. Tully, R.B. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 27: 437-448. [5] The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51. III. The Spiral Structure. 1974. Tully, R.B. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 27: 449-471. [6] Two Anonymous Galaxies with Interesting Spiral Structure. 1974. Tully, R.B. in La Dynamique des Galaxies Spirales, Bures-sur-Yvette, Sept 16-20, 273- 278. [7] Neutral Hydrogen Observations of DDO Dwarf Galaxies. 1975. Fisher, J.R. and Tully, R.B. Astron. Astrophys.. 44: 151-171. [8] The Stability of ”De Vaucouleurs’ Groups”. 1975. Tully, R.B. and Fisher, J.R. in Proc. 3rd European Astronomical Meeting, Tbilisi, July 1-5, 481-485. [9] Extensive Neutral Hydrogen around the Peculiar Spiral Galaxy NGC 2146. 1976. Fisher, J.R. and Tully, R.B. Astron.Astrophys.. 53: 397-401. [10] 21-cm Observations of Redshifts and their Implications for the Distance Scale. 1976. Tully, R.B. and Fisher, J.R. in IAU Colloq. 37: Redshifts and the Expansion of the Universe. [11] A New Method of Determining Distances to Galaxies. 1977. Tully, R.B. and Fisher, J.R. Astron. Astrophys.. 54: 661-673. [12] HI Profile Distances and the Hubble Constant. 1977. Fisher, J.R. and Tully, R.B. Comments on Astrophys., 7: 85-93. [13] Gas Distribution, Motions and Dynamics for Some Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. 1978. Tully, R.B., Bottinelli, L., Fisher, J.R., Gouguenheim, L., Sancisi, R., and van Woerden, H. Astron. Astrophys.. 63: 37-47. [14] Nearby Small Groups of Galaxies. 1978. Tully, R.B. and Fisher, J.R. in IAU Symp.: The Large Scale Structure of the Universe Eds. M.S. Longair and J. Einasto, 31-47. [15] Photographs of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies in the Vicinity of the Local Group and the M81 Group. 1979. Fisher, J.R. and Tully, R.B. Astron. J., 84: 62-70. 1 [16] The Nearby Blue Compact Galaxy VII Zw 403. 1979. Tully, R.B., Boes- gaard, A.M., and Schempp, W.V. in Photometry, Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies, Ed. D.S. Evans, Austin, TX, Aug 6-8, 325-328. [17] Nearby Groups of Galaxies. I. The NGC 1023 Group. 1980. Tully, R.B. Astrophys. J., 237: 390-403. [18] Upper Limits on the Space Density of Intergalactic Neutral Hydrogen Clouds. 1981. Fisher, J. R. and Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 243: L23–L26. [19] Star Formation and Abundances in the Nearby Irregular Galaxy VII ZW 403. 1981. Tully, R. B., Boesgaard, A. M., Dyck, H. M., and Schempp, W. V. Astrophys. J. 246: 38–47. [20] The Evidence for Neutrino Mass in the Kinematics and Morphology of Struc- ture in the Universe. 1982. Tully, R. B. In Neutrino 81: Proceedings of the 1981 International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics,vol.1, 73–81. [21] Neutral Hydrogen Observations of a Large Sample of Galaxies. 1981. Fisher, J. R. and Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 47: 139–200. [22] A Color-Magnitude Relation for Spiral Galaxies. 1982. Tully, R. B., Mould, J. R., and Aaronson, M. Astrophys. J. 257: 527–537. [23] The Local Supercluster. 1982. Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 257: 389–422. [24] The Velocity Field in the Local Supercluster. 1982. Aaronson, M., Huchra, J., Mould, J. R., Schechter, P. L., and Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 258: 64–76. [25] Unscrambling the Local Supercluster of Galaxies. 1982. Tully, R. B. Sky Telesc. 63: 550–554. [26] A Catalog of Infrared Magnitudes and HI Velocity Widths for Nearby Galax- ies. 1982. Aaronson, M., Huchra, J., Mould, J. R., Tully, R. B., Fisher, J. R., van Woerden, H., Goss, W. M., Chamaraux, P., Mebold, U., Siegman, B., Berriman, G., and Persson, S. E. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 50: 241–262. [27] The Local Group Irregular Galaxies LGS 3 and Pegasus. 1983. Christian, C. A., and Tully, R. B. Astron. J. 88: 934–938. [28] VLA Observations of the Optical Jets and Nucleus of NGC 1097. 1984. Wolstencroft, R. D., Tully, R. B., and Perley, R. A. Mon. Not. Roy. Ast. Soc. 207: 889–896 [29] Morphology of the Local Supercluster. 1983. Tully, R.B. in IAU Symp.: Early Evolution of the Universe and its Present structure, Eds. G.O. Abell and G. Chincarini, 239-240. [30] Infall of Galaxies into the Virgo Cluster and Some Cosmological Constraints. 1984. Tully, R. B., and Shaya, E. J. Astrophys. J. 281: 31–55. 2 [31] The Angular Momentum Content of Galaxies. 1984. Shaya, E. J., and Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 281: 56–66. [33] Mass Loss in A and B Supergiants and the Extragalactic Distance Scale. 1984. Tully, R. B., and Wolff, S. C. Astrophys. J. 281: 67–75. [34] The Extragalactic Distance Scale. I. Corrections to Fundamental Observ- ables. 1985. Tully, R. B., and Fouqu´e, P. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 58: 67–80. [35] The Extragalactic H I Cloud in Leo. 1985. Pierce, M., and Tully, R. B. Astron. J. 90: 450–453. [36] The Termination of Galaxy Formation by Cluster Formation. 1985. Tully, R. B. In The Virgo Cluster, ed. O.-G. Richter and B. Binggeli, 385. [37] Alignment of Clusters and Galaxies on Scales Up to 0.1 c. 1985. Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 303: 25–38. 18 [38] More on Structure Involving 10 M. 1986. Tully, R. B. In Galaxy Dis- tances and Deviations from Universal Expansion, ed. B. F. Madore and R. B. Tully (Dordrecht: Reidel), 279. [39] Distances Using A Supergiant Stars. 1986. Tully, R. B., and Nakashima, J. M. in Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion,ed.B.F. Madore and R. B. Tully (Dordrecht: Reidel), 25. 18 [40] Clustering on a Scale of 10 M. 1986. in IAU Symposium 117, Dark Matter in the Universe, ed. G. R. Knapp and J. Kormendy (Dordrecht: Reidel), 117. [41] Nearby Galaxies Atlas. 1987. Tully, R. B., and Fisher, J. R. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). [41] Estimates of Ω Base on Motions within the Local Supercluster. 1987. Tully, R. B. in IAU Symposium 124, Observational Cosmology, ed. G. Burbidge and A. Hewitt (Dordrecht: Reidel), 207–215. [42] Nearby Groups of Galaxies. II. An All-Sky Survey within 3000 Kilometers per Second. 1987. Tully, R.B. Astrophys. J. 321: 280–304. [43] More about Clustering of a Scale of 0.1 c. 1987. Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 323: 1–18. [44] Nearby Galaxies Catalog. 1988. Tully, R. B. (Cambridge: Cambridge Uni- versity Press). [45] Fabry-Perots in Spectrophotometry. 1988, Bland, J., and Tully, R. B. In New Directions in Spectrophotometry, ed. A. G. Davis Philip, D. S. Hayes, and S. J. Adelman (Schnectady, NY: L. Davis Press). [46] Large-Scale Bipolar Wind in M82. 1988. Bland, J., and Tully, R. B. Nature, 334: 43. 3 [47] Distances to the Virgo and Ursa Major Clusters and a Determination of H0. 1988. Pierce, M. J., and Tully, R. B. Astrophys. J. 330: 579–595. [48] The Galaxy Luminosity Function and Environmental Dependencies. 1988. Tully, R. B. Astron. J. 96: 73–80. [49] Clustering Bias in the Nearby Galaxy Catalog and in Cold Dark Matter. 1988. White,S.D.M.,Tully,R.B.,andDavis,M.Astrophys. J., 333: L45-L49. [50] Origin of the Hubble Constant Controversy. 1988. Tully, R. B. Nature, 334: 209–212. [51] The Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex. 1988. In IAU Symposium 130, Large Scale Structure of the Universe, ed. J. Audouze, M. C. Pelletan, and A. Szalay (Reidel: Dordrecht), 243. [52] Extragalactic Distances: The Short Scale. 1988. Gouguenheim, L., and Tully, R. B. A Life for Astronomy: Gerard´ de Vaucouleurs, ed. M. Capaccioli and H. G. Corwin, Jr., 249-254. [53] Morphology of Large-Scale Structure. 1988. Tully, R. B. In Vatican Study Week on Large Scale Motion in the Universe, ed. V. C. Rubin and G. V. Coyne, 71-77. [54] Distances to Galaxies in the Field. 1988. Tully, R. B. In Vatican Study Week on Large Scale Motion in the Universe, ed. V. C. Rubin and G. V. Coyne, 169-177. [55] Structure on a Scale of a Tenth the Event Horizon. 1988. Tully, R. B. In Large-Scale Structure and Motions in the Universe, ed. M. Mezzetti, G. Giuricin, F. Mardirossian, and M. Ramella, 41-46. [56] Support for Three Controversial Claims Made by G´erard de Vaucouleurs. 1988. R. B. Tully. In Le Monde des Galaxies, ed. H. G. Corwin, Jr. and L. Bottinelli (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), 408-419. [57] Studies of Extended Anomalous Emission Regions with an Imaging Fabry- Perot. 1988. Tully, R. B., Bland, J., and Cecil, G. In IAU Symposium 134, Active Galactic Nuclei (Dordrecht: Reidel), 337-342. [58] The Hawaii Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer. 1988. Bland, J., and Tully, R. B. Astron. J., 98: 723-735. [59] Effect of the Local Velocity Anomaly on the Hubble Constant. 1988. Tully, R. B. in The Extragalactic Distance Scale, Eds. S. van den Bergh and P.J. Pritchet, ASP Conf. Ser. 4: 318-328. [60] The Topology of Large-Scale Structure. III. Analysis of Observations. 1989. Gott, J. R. III, et al. (including R. B. Tully) Astrophys. J., 340: 625-646. 4 [61] La Scala e La Struttura dell’Universo. 1989. Tully, R. B. Scienza e Tecnica: Annuario della EST, 27-32.
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    NEWS & VIEWS RESEARCH To determine which changes are beneficial us who we are. The authors’ work provides an 3. Urnov, F. D., Rebar, E. J., Holmes, M. C., Zhang, H. S. to the cell and which detrimental, Findlay excellent case in point to support the words & Gregory, P. D. Nature Rev. Genet. 11, 636–646 11 (2010). and colleagues used deep sequencing, which of geneticist Sydney Brenner : “Progress 4. Joung, J. K. & Sander, J. D. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. reads every copy of every gene in every cell in science results from new technologies, 14, 49–55 (2013). 5. Ran, F. A. et al. Nature Protocols 8, 2281–2308 of a population. Immediately after editing, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in (2013). the cells are a kaleidoscope of genetic diver- that order.” ■ 6. Urnov, F. D. et al. Nature 435, 646–651 (2005). sity. Edited cells account for only 1–3% of the 7. Goldberg, A. D. et al. Cell 140, 678–691 (2010). total cell population (lower than seen in other Fyodor D. Urnov is at Sangamo BioSciences 8. Doyon, J. B. et al. Nature Cell Biol. 13, 331–337 2 (2011). studies ), but this is not a real problem because Inc., Richmond, California 94804, USA. 9. Sexton, A. et al. Genes Dev. http://dx.doi. deep sequencing can identify even very rare e-mail: [email protected] org/10.1101/gad.246819.114 (2014). DNA sequences. 10. Braberg, H. et al. Cell 154, 775–788 (2013). 1. Findlay, G. M., Boyle, E. A., Hause, R. J., Klein, J.