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Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Editorial Board wishes to place on record the valuable assistance rendered by the following scientists in reviewing manuscripts received for publication in the Journal of Biosciences. Anwar Ali, New Delhi N Goutham, Chennai B L Aliero, Sokoto Joan Guinovart, Barcelona Anuranjan Anand, Bangalore Datta S Gupta, New Delhi V Anantharaman, Bethesda Seyed E Hasnain, Hyderabad S K Apte, Mumbai Glen Hawkins, Edmonton Rodolfo Aramayo, Texas Dominique G Homberger, Baton Rouge Gavin E A, Louisville Jon Huibregtse, Austin Chandrika B-Rao, Mumbai K Ikenishi, Osaka Hemalatha Balaram, Bangalore Maneesha Inamdar, Bangalore Partick Bateson, Cambridge M B Isman, Vancouver Madeleine Beekman, Sydney Soumya Iyengar, Manesar Linda M Bhat, Baton Rouge Neeraj Jain, Manesar Alok Bhattacharya, New Delhi Gotam K Jarori, Mumbai Samir Bhattacharya, Kolkata C Jayabaskaran, Bangalore Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Bangalore Man Mohan Johri, Mumbai G S Bhuvaneshwar, Trivandrum Sobhanaditya Jonnalagadda, Hyderabad Colin J Bibby, Birmingham Amitabh Joshi, Bangalore M de Bono, Cambridge Rajiv D Kalraiya, Navi Mumbai Renee M Borges, Bangalore Anjali A Karande, Bangalore Cathrin Brisken, Lousiana Prathibha Karanth, Bangalore P R Burma, New Delhi D P Kasbekar, Hyderabad Theresa M Busch, Philadelphia V K Kashyap, Kolkata Maria Luz Cárdenas, Marseille Sonia Kaushik, Melbourne Michéle Carlier, Aix en Provence Shahid Khan, Chicago Chris Carlton, Baton Rouge Sunil Khanna, Patiala M K Chandrashekaran, Bangalore Margaret A Kolka, Natick Dipankar Chatterji, Bangalore K S Krishnan, Mumbai Chetan Chitnis, New Delhi Arun Kumar, Bangalore Eraldo M Costa-Neto, Feira de Santana A V Kurpad, Bangalore William J Craigen, Houston Hyuk B Kwon, Kwangju Jean R David, Gif-sur-Yvette S C Lakhotia, Varanasi James O Deshler, Boston G Lakshmi Sita, Bangalore Uma P Devi, Bhopal K Lalitha, Chennai Damien Devos, San Francisco Marc M Lamoureux, Nova Scotia Rajan R Dighe, Bangalore Ellen Larsen, Ontario Florence V Dunkel, Montana Vikram Lele, Mumbai Simon Langley Evans, Loughborough Guillaume Lescuyer, Montpellier Raphael Falk, Jerusalem S Mahadevan, Bangalore Raghavendra Gadagkar, Bangalore Partha P Majumder, Kolkata Madhav Gadgil, Bangalore V G Malathi, New Delhi N Ganeshaiah, Bangalore Pawan Malhotra, New Delhi R Geeta, New York Kailash C Malhotra, Kolkata Surendra Ghaskadbi, Pune Jim Mallet, London Amit Ghosh, Chandigarh R Manjunath, Bangalore Scott F Gilbert, Swarthmore V B Mathur, Dehradun Leila Gleitman, Philadelphia R Medhamurthy, Bangalore Samuel S Gnanamanickam, Chennai Amit Mishra, Lucknow K P Gopinathan, Bangalore Rakesh Mishra, Hyderabad http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci J. Biosci. 29(4), December 2004, 525–526, © Indian Academy of Sciences 525 526 H S Misra, Mumbai S K Saidapur, Dharwad Indraneel Mittra, Bhopal R S Sangwan, Lucknow Jayant M Modak, Bangalore Sahotra Sarkar, Austin Maruthi P Mohan, Hyderabad John R Sauren, Laurel Anders Pape Møller, Paris Rajiv K Saxena, New Delhi Sangita Mukhopadhyay, Hyderabad Peter Schleier, Farmington Rita Mulherkar, Navi Mumbai M Eric Schranz, Jena K Muniyappa, Bangalore Ullica Segerstråle, Chicago G S Murthy, Bangalore Pankaj Seth, Manesar K S Murthy, Glasgow Shubha R Shanbhag, Mumbai Dipankar Nandi, Bangalore Darshan Shankar, Bangalore Avindra Nath, Baltimore Shobhona Sharma, Mumbai R Narasimha, Bangalore Vijay Sharma, Bangalore M G Narasimhan, Bangalore Leonard D Shultz, Bar Harbor Utpal Nath, Bangalore Imran Siddiqi, Hyderabad Stuart A Newman, Valhalla Yogendra Singh, Delhi H Fred Nijhout, Durham Prim B Singh, Borstel U Nongthomba, York Rama S Singh, Hamilton G Padmanaban, Bangalore Ravi Sirdeshmukh, Hyderabad J D Pandey, Allahabad Kumaravel Somasundaram, Bangalore Ashwini Pareek, New Delhi S K Sopory, New Delhi Deepak Pental, New Delhi Ana M Soto, Boston David D Perkins, Stanford S Srivastava, New Delhi P S Phale, Powai, Mumbai R Sukumar, Bangalore Akshay K Pradhan, New Delhi Namita Surolia, Bangalore G N Qazi, Jammu-Tawi Michael Thomas, Bloomsbury M V Rajam, New Delhi Prakash C Tiwari, Nainital Ram Rajasekharan, Bangalore S C G Tseng, Miami T Rajkumar, Chennai R Varadarajan, Bangalore Mohan Ram, Delhi Anupam Varma, New Delhi Rajeeva Raman, Varanasi K Veluthambi, Madurai P N Rangarajan, Bangalore Geeta K Vemuganti, Hyderabad Annapoorni Rangarajan, Bangalore Elizabeth Vierling, Tucson Appaji Rao, Bangalore S Vijaya, Bangalore D N Rao, Bangalore Usha Vijayraghavan, Bangalore H N Ravi Shankar, Bangalore Sandhya S Visweswariah, Bangalore N H Ravindranath, Bangalore Sudhanshu Vrati, New Delhi Malay Kumar Ray, Hyderabad Shashi Wadhwa, New Delhi K Sathyavelu Reddy, Tirupathi Gunter P Wagner, New Haven Veronica Rodrigues, Mumbai Hans R Waterham, Amsterdam Sidharth Roy, Kolkata Don Wilkie, Vancouver Parag Sadhale, Bangalore Koichiro J Yagi, Toronto Ashok Sahni, Chandigarh Amotz Zahavi, Tel Aviv J. Biosci. 29(4), December 2004 .
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