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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, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :257
Siblings within the spider species Stegodyphus tentoriicola are more likely to share their food than unrelated individuals and the benefits of greater feeding efficiency is thought to be driving the evolution of a cooperative society.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :245
Multilocus amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis is more comprehensive than a standard mitochondrial DNA approach for inferring phylogeny in closely related, rapidly radiating groups such as the dolphin subfamily Delphininae, with AFLP supporting paraphyly for the genera Stenella and Tursiops.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :228
In insects, there are 13 or 14 evolutionarily conserved transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, which are primary integrators of sensory information, and some insects have developed an extra TRPA channel that may function in thermosensation.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :176
In hybrid zones, introgression of a few strongly selected alleles from Barred Tiger Salamanders into the endangered Californian Tiger Salamander population might make preservation of genetically distinct populations of the endangered species difficult.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :173
The early human colonization of Australia from Southern Asia is confirmed by mtDNA genome data from relic Indian tribes, revealing two polymorphisms that link Australian Aboriginals to Indian ancestors living about 50-60 thousand years ago.
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Asymmetric introgression between sympatric molestus and pipiens forms of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Comporta region, Portugal Bruno Gomes, Carla A Sousa, Maria T Novo, Ferdinando B Freitas, Ricardo Alves, Ana R Corte-Real, Patricia Salgueiro, Martin J Donnelly, Antonio PG Almeida, Joao Pinto BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :262 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Plant chemical defence: a partner control mechanism stabilising plant - seed-eating pollinator mutualisms. Sebastien Ibanez, Christiane Gallet, Fanny Dommanget, Laurence Despres BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :261 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae Daniel B Sloan, Bengt Oxelman, Anja Rautenberg, Douglas R Taylor BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :260 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach. Helen J Chatterjee, Simon YW Ho, Ian Barnes, Colin Groves BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :259 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genomic taxonomy of vibrios Cristiane C Thompson, Ana Carolina P Vicente, Rangel C Souza, Ana Tereza R Vasconcelos, Tammi Vesth, Nelson Alves Jr, David W Ussery, Tetsuya Iida, Fabiano L Thompson BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :258 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Relatedness facilitates cooperation in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus tentoriicola Jasmin Ruch, Lisa Heinrich, Trine Bilde, Jutta M Schneider BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :257 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nme protein family evolutionary history, a vertebrate perspective Thomas Desvignes, Pierre Pontarotti, Christian Fauvel, Julien Bobe BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :256 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes? Michael E Alfaro, Chad D Brock, Barbara L Banbury, Peter C Wainwright BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :255 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hsp-90 and the biology of nematodes Nik AIIN Him, Victoria Gillan, Richard D Emes, Kirsty Maitland, Eileen Devaney BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :254 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Plastid genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus : further insights on the evolution of red-algal derived plastids Gildas Le Corguill BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :253 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The mitochondrial genomes of the ciliates Euplotes minuta and Euplotes crassus Rob M de Graaf, Theo A van Alen, Bas E Dutilh, Jan WP Kuiper, Hanneke JAA van Zoggel, Minh Bao Huynh, Hans-Dieter Gortz, Martijn A Huynen, Johannes HP Hackstein BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :514 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Optimization of selection contribution and mate allocations in monoecious tree breeding populations Jon Hallander, Patrik Waldmann BMC Genetics 2009, 10 :70 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evolution of genomic sequence inhomogeneity at mid-range scales Ashwin Prakash, Samuel S. Shepard, Jie He, Benjamin Hart, Miao Chen, Surya P. Amarachintha, Olga Mileyeva-Biebesheimer, Jason M. Bechtel, Alexei Fedorov BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :513 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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ALDH1A2 (RALDH2) genetic variation in human congenital heart disease Marilene Pavan, Vivane F Ruiz, Fabio A Silva, Tiago J Sobreira, Roberta M Cravo, Michelle Vasconcelos, Livia P Marques, Sonia MF Mesquita, Jose E Krieger, Antonio AB Lopes, Paulo S Oliveira, Alexandre C Pereira, Jose Xavier-Neto BMC Medical Genetics 2009, 10 :113 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Network dynamics of eukaryotic LTR retroelements beyond phylogenetic trees Carlos Llorens, Alfonso Munoz-Pomer, Lucia Bernad, Hector Botella, Andres Moya Biology Direct 2009, 4 :41 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Divergence of exonic splicing elements after gene duplication and the impact on gene structures Zhenguo Zhang, Li Zhou, Ping Wang, Yang Liu, Xianfeng Chen, Landian Hu, Xiangyin Kong Genome Biology 2009, 10 :R120 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phylogenetic relatedness and host plant growth form influence gene expression of the polyphagous comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) Hanna M Heidel-Fischer, Dalial Freitak, Niklas Janz, Lina Soderlind, Heiko Vogel, Soren Nylin BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :506 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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EST and microarray analysis of horn development in Onthophagus beetles Teiya Kijimoto, James Costello, Zuojian Tang, Armin P Moczek, Justen Andrews BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :504 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evolutionary relationships among salivarius streptococci as inferred from multilocus phylogenies based on 16S rRNA-encoding, recA, secA, and secY gene sequences Jean-Francois Pombert, Viridiana Sistek, Maurice Boissinot, Michel Frenette BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :232 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Pollen development in Annona cherimola Mill. (Annonaceae). Implications for the evolution of aggregated pollen Jorge Lora, Pilar S Testillano, Maria C Risueno, Jose I Hormaza, Maria Herrero BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :129 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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