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BMC Evolutionary Biology, Volume 6

 
Research article
Insights on the evolution of trehalose biosynthesis
Nelson Avonce, Alfredo Mendoza-Vargas, Enrique Morett, Gabriel Iturriaga
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:109 (19December2006)
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Research article
Evolution of secretin family GPCR members in the metazoa
Joo CR Cardoso, Vanda C Pinto, Florbela A Vieira, Melody S Clark, Deborah M Power
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:108 (13December2006)
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Research article
Insights into the evolutionary history of tubercle bacilli as disclosed by genetic rearrangements within a PE_PGRS duplicated gene pair
Anis Karboul, Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius, Amine Namouchi, Vronique Vincent, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, Philip Suffys, Michel Fabre, Angel Cataldi, Richard C Huard, Natalia Kurepina, Barry Kreiswirth, John L Ho, M Cristina Gutierrez, Helmi Mardassi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:107 (12December2006)
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Research article
Fast sequence evolution of Hox and Hox-derived genes in the genus Drosophila
Snia Casillas, Brbara Negre, Antonio Barbadilla, Alfredo Ruiz
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:106 (12December2006)
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Methodology article
Topology testing of phylogenies using least squares methods
Aleksandra Czarna, Rafael Sanjun, Fernando Gonzlez-Candelas, Borys Wrbel
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:105 (6December2006)
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Research article
Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment
Sean C Sleight, Nicholas S Wigginton, Richard E Lenski
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:104 (5December2006)
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Research article
Identification of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor orthologue in Caenorhabditis elegans
Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal, Miguel J Gallego, Ryan J Haasl, Stephen J Petras III, Jean-Yves Sgro, Craig S Atwood
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:103 (29November2006)
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Research article
Genetic differentiation in the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes sp. affinis subarquatus: occurrence of cryptic species revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial markers
Virginie Roy, Christine Demanche, Alexandre Livet, Myriam Harry
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:102 (23November2006)
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Research article
The glycolytic pathway of Trimastix pyriformis is an evolutionary mosaic
Alexandra Stechmann, Manuela Baumgartner, Jeffrey D Silberman, Andrew J Roger
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:101 (23November2006)
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Research article
Comparing the efficacy of morphologic and DNA-based taxonomy in the freshwater gastropod genus Radix (Basommatophora, Pulmonata)
Markus Pfenninger, Mathilde Cordellier, Bruno Streit
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:100 (23November2006)
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Research article
A fungal phylogeny based on 42 complete genomes derived from supertree and combined gene analysis
David A Fitzpatrick, Mary E Logue, Jason E Stajich, Geraldine Butler
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:99 (22November2006)
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Research article
Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufus of Beza Mahafaly
Kellie L Heckman, Emilienne Rasoazanabary, Erica Machlin, Laurie R Godfrey, Anne D Yoder
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:98 (16November2006)
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Research article
Short-wavelength sensitive opsin (SWS1) as a new marker for vertebrate phylogenetics
Ilke van Hazel, Francesco Santini, Johannes Mller, Belinda SW Chang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:97 (15November2006)
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Research article
Assortative mating and differential male mating success in an ash hybrid zone population
Pierre R Grard, Etienne K Klein, Frdric Austerlitz, Juan F Fernndez-Manjarrs, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:96 (15November2006)
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Research article
Evolution and expansion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE and PPE multigene families and their association with the duplication of the ESAT-6 (esx) gene cluster regions
Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius, Samantha L Sampson, Hyeyoung Lee, Yeun Kim, Paul D van Helden, Robin M Warren
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:95 (15November2006)
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Commentary
Inteins, introns, and homing endonucleases: recent revelations about the life cycle of parasitic genetic elements
J Peter Gogarten, Elena Hilario
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:94 (13November2006)
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Research article
A higher-level MRP supertree of placental mammals
Robin MD Beck, Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds, Marcel Cardillo, Fu-Guo Robert Liu, Andy Purvis
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:93 (13November2006)
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Research article
Tracking the connection between evolutionary and functional shifts using the fungal lipase/feruloyl esterase A family
Anthony Levasseur, Philippe Gouret, Laurence Lesage-Meessen, Michle Asther, Marcel Asther, Eric Record, Pierre Pontarotti
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:92 (8November2006)
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Research article
Tracing the origin of functional and conserved domains in the human proteome: implications for protein evolution at the modular level
Lipika R Pal, Chittibabu Guda
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:91 (7November2006)
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Research article
Recurring genomic breaks in independent lineages support genomic fragility
Hanno Hinsch, Sridhar Hannenhalli
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:90 (7November2006)
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Research article
SmTRC1, a novel Schistosoma mansoni DNA transposon, discloses new families of animal and fungi transposons belonging to the CACTA superfamily
Ricardo DeMarco, Thiago M Venancio, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:89 (7November2006)
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Research article
Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis
Nicole M Gerardo, Ulrich G Mueller, Cameron R Currie
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:88 (3November2006)
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Research article
Multi-locus phylogeny of dolphins in the subfamily Lissodelphininae: character synergy improves phylogenetic resolution
April D Harlin-Cognato, Rodney L Honeycutt
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:87 (1November2006)
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Research article
Adaptive evolution of Hox-gene homeodomains after cluster duplications
Vincent J Lynch, Jutta J Roth, Gnter P Wagner
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:86 (1November2006)
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Research article
Molecular polymorphism, differentiation and introgression in the period gene between Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani
Camila J Mazzoni, Nataly A Souza, Claudia Andrade-Coelho, Charalambos P Kyriacou, Alexandre A Peixoto
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:85 (27October2006)
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Research article
The reach of the genome signature in prokaryotes
Mark WJ van Passel, Eiko E Kuramae, Angela CM Luyf, Aldert Bart, Teun Boekhout
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:84 (13October2006)
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Research article
Deep mtDNA divergences indicate cryptic species in a fig-pollinating wasp
Eleanor R Haine, Joanne Martin, James M Cook
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:83 (13October2006)
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Research article
Evolution of competence and DNA uptake specificity in the Pasteurellaceae
Rosemary J Redfield, Wendy A Findlay, Janine Boss, J Simon Kroll, Andrew DS Cameron, John HE Nash
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:82 (12October2006)
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Methodology article
Statistical measures for defining an individual's degree of independence within state-dependent dynamic games
Sean A Rands, Rufus A Johnstone
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:81 (12October2006)
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Research article
The evolutionary radiation of Arvicolinae rodents (voles and lemmings): relative contribution of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies
Thomas Galewski, Marie-ka Tilak, Sophie Sanchez, Pascale Chevret, Emmanuel Paradis, Emmanuel JP Douzery
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:80 (9October2006)
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Research article
Insights into the evolution of the ErbB receptor family and their ligands from sequence analysis
Richard A Stein, James V Staros
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:79 (6October2006)
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Research article
Establishment of endolithic populations of extremophilic Cyanidiales (Rhodophyta)
Hwan Su Yoon, Claudia Ciniglia, Min Wu, Josep M Comeron, Gabriele Pinto, Antonino Pollio, Debashish Bhattacharya
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:78 (5October2006)
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Research article
Complete plastid genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: implications for the phylogenetic relationships of magnoliids
Zhengqiu Cai, Cynthia Penaflor, Jennifer V Kuehl, James Leebens-Mack, John E Carlson, Claude W dePamphilis, Jeffrey L Boore, Robert K Jansen
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:77 (4October2006)
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Research article
Evolution and origin of vomeronasal-type odorant receptor gene repertoire in fishes
Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Mutsumi Nishida
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:76 (3October2006)
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Research article
Dispersal strategies of phytophagous insects at a local scale: adaptive potential of aphids in an agricultural environment
Eric Lombaert, Roger Boll, Laurent Lapchin
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:75 (2October2006)
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Research article
Loss of the flagellum happened only once in the fungal lineage: phylogenetic structure of Kingdom Fungi inferred from RNA polymerase II subunit genes
Yajuan J Liu, Matthew C Hodson, Benjamin D Hall
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:74 (29September2006)
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Research article
Origin of mitochondrial DNA diversity of domestic yaks
Songchang Guo, Peter Savolainen, Jianping Su, Qian Zhang, Delin Qi, Jie Zhou, Yang Zhong, Xinquan Zhao, Jianquan Liu
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:73 (22September2006)
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Research article
A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen
Chris Yesson, Alastair Culham
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:72 (20September2006)
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Research article
Putative cross-kingdom horizontal gene transfer in sponge (Porifera) mitochondria
Chagai Rot, Itay Goldfarb, Micha Ilan, Dorothe Huchon
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:71 (14September2006)
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Research article
Global similarity and local divergence in human and mouse gene co-expression networks
Panayiotis Tsaparas, Leonardo Mario-Ramrez, Olivier Bodenreider, Eugene V Koonin, I King Jordan
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:70 (12September2006)
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Research article
Phase distribution of spliceosomal introns: implications for intron origin
Hung D Nguyen, Maki Yoshihama, Naoya Kenmochi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:69 (8September2006)
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Research article
Interspecific competition between entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema) is modified by their bacterial symbionts (Xenorhabdus)
Mathieu Sicard, Julie Hinsinger, Nathalie Le Brun, Sylvie Pages, Nol Boemare, Catherine Moulia
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:68 (5September2006)
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Research article
Thermal plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster: A comparison of geographic populations
Vincenzo Trotta, Federico CF Calboli, Marcello Ziosi, Daniela Guerra, Maria C Pezzoli, Jean R David, Sandro Cavicchi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:67 (30August2006)
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Research article
The shape of human gene family phylogenies
James A Cotton, Roderic DM Page
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:66 (29August2006)
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Research article
Systematics within Gyps vultures: a clade at risk
Jeff A Johnson, Heather RL Lerner, Pamela C Rasmussen, David P Mindell
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:65 (23August2006)
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Research article
The monosaccharide transporter gene family in land plants is ancient and shows differential subfamily expression and expansion across lineages
Deborah A Johnson, Jeffrey P Hill, Michael A Thomas
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:64 (21August2006)
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Research article
On the origin of microbial ORFans: quantifying the strength of the evidence for viral lateral transfer
Yanbin Yin, Daniel Fischer
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:63 (16August2006)
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Research article
Retrotranspositions in orthologous regions of closely related grass species
Chunguang Du, Zuzana Swigoov, Joachim Messing
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:62 (16August2006)
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Research article
Evolutionary constraints on yeast protein size
Jonas Warringer, Anders Blomberg
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:61 (15August2006)
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Research article
Phylogenetic analysis of the tenascin gene family: evidence of origin early in the chordate lineage
RP Tucker, K Drabikowski, JF Hess, J Ferralli, R Chiquet-Ehrismann, JC Adams
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:60 (7August2006)
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Research article
Genetic structure and evolution of the Vps25 family, a yeast ESCRT-II component
Ruth Slater, Naomi E Bishop
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:59 (4August2006)
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Research article
Non-random clustering of stress-related genes during evolution of the S. cerevisiae genome
Debra T Burhans, Lakshmi Ramachandran, Jianxin Wang, Ping Liang, Hugh G Patterton, Michael Breitenbach, William C Burhans
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:58 (21July2006)
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Research article
Environmental stress and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster: starvation resistance, ovariole numbers and early age egg production
Marta L Wayne, Usha Soundararajan, Lawrence G Harshman
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:57 (18July2006)
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Research article
Tempo and mode of early gene loss in endosymbiotic bacteria from insects
F Delmotte, C Rispe, J Schaber, FJ Silva, A Moya
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:56 (18July2006)
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Research article
Pervasive survival of expressed mitochondrial rps14 pseudogenes in grasses and their relatives for 80 million years following three functional transfers to the nucleus
Han Chuan Ong, Jeffrey D Palmer
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:55 (14July2006)
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Research article
No evidence for learned mating discrimination in male Drosophila pseudoobscura
Nikolai P Kandul, Kevin M Wright, Ekaterina V Kandul, Mohamed AF Noor
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:54 (6July2006)
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Research article
Highly variable sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni
Laura S Corley, Samuel Cotton, Ellen McConnell, Tracey Chapman, Kevin Fowler, Andrew Pomiankowski
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:53 (26June2006)
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Database
PHOG: a database of supergenomes built from proteome complements
Igor V Merkeev, Pavel S Novichkov, Andrey A Mironov
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:52 (22June2006)
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Software
PHOG-BLAST a new generation tool for fast similarity search of protein families
Igor V Merkeev, Andrey A Mironov
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:51 (22June2006)
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Research article
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