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BMC Evolutionary Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of molecular and non-molecular evolution of all organisms, as well as phylogenetics and palaeontology. BMC Evolutionary Biology (ISSN 1471-2148) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.



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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:212
Tetraodontiformes, a morphologically diverse order of teleosts, are divided into two basal clades that correlate with different ecological habitats - one clade consists of shallow water dwellers and the other comprises mainly deep sea fish.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:184
Further evidence for two early vertebrate tetraploidization events is revealed by comparative analysis of neuropeptide Y receptor gene regions of pufferfish with those in Drosophila, mouse and humans pointing to gene family expansion via chromosome duplication.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:178
The Burmanniaceae, a family of angiosperms that have symbiotic relationships with fungi, originated in the late-Cretaceous period in West Gondwana and experienced major diversification in the Eocene when tropical rain forest expanded dramatically.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:173
An allele linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) confers a health advantage to nomads over the settled men of the Kenyan Ariaal, suggesting the associated food- and novelty-seeking behavior is beneficial in certain environments.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:160
Marsupial syndactyly, a curious morphology of the foot, originates from a constraint in early digit development that has resulted in the evolution of syndactylous digits as a highly integrated unit.


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Genetic evidence links invasive monk parakeet populations in the United States to the international pet trade
Michael A Russello, Michael L Avery, Timothy F Wright
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:217 (24July2008)
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Correction: Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset
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