The aim of this section is to evaluate the character, content, cost, and hardware require new software programs in variousfields of the biological sciences, and in appropriate rela All programs submitted to the QRB are given careful consideration, and competent and consc reviewers are selected to assess the softwarefor originality, efficacy, and suitability of vario tions by our readers. The price of a software program reviewed is the suggested list price of lisher when the program is releasedfor review. Authors and publishers of biological software who wish to have their biological software p consideredfor review should submit complete programs and documentation to The Editor, Software, The Quarterly Review of Biology, State University of New York, Stony B 11794-5275.