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BMC Biology 2009, 7 :36
Alessandro Minelli comments on perspectives and pitfalls of combining phylogenetics and evolutionary developmental biology in the light of a recent molecular phylogeny of the holometabolous insects.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :34
Twisted wing parasites (Strepsiptera), an enigmatic order of insects that has posed a long-standing riddle for taxonomists, are closely related to beetles according to a new phylogeny of holometabolous insects based on six nuclear genes.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :33
Mating behavior in nematodes is coordinated by neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine and GABA, which regulate opposing muscle groups as the male tail curls ventrally around the hermaphrodite, and then dorsally on locating the vulva.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :32
Money spiders that colonise new areas by airborne 'ballooning' using silk sails, fly less far if infected with the endosymbiotic bacterium Rickettsia, potentially leading to reproductive isolation and influencing species distribution.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :31
Treatment with DADLE, an opioid normally involved in hibernation, protects rats if given before experimentally inducing stroke, preventing effects such as behavioral dysfunction and brain cell death, possibly by increasing GDNF expression.
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Phylo-evo-devo: combining phylogenetics with evolutionary developmental biology Alessandro Minelli BMC Biology 2009, 7 :36 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of hydroxyurea on the promoter occupancy profiles of tumor suppressor p53 and p73 Vera Huang, Xin Lu, Yong Jiang, Jean YJ Wang BMC Biology 2009, 7 :35 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Single-copy nuclear genes resolve the phylogeny of the holometabolous insects Brian M Wiegmann, Michelle D Trautwein, Jung-Wook Kim, Brian K Cassel, Matthew A Bertone, Shaun L Winterton, David K Yeates BMC Biology 2009, 7 :34 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Coordination of opposing sex-specific and core muscle groups regulates male tail posture during Caenorhabditis elegans male mating behavior
Allyson J Whittaker, Paul W Sternberg BMC Biology 2009, 7 :33 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microbial modification of host long-distance dispersal capacity Sara L Goodacre, Oliver Y Martin, Dries Bonte, Linda Hutchings, Chris Woolley, Kamal Ibrahim, C.F. George Thomas, Godfrey M Hewitt BMC Biology 2009, 7 :32 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hibernation-like state induced by an opioid peptide protects against experimental stroke Cesar V Borlongan, Teruo Hayashi, Peter R Oeltgen, Tsung-Ping Su, Yun Wang BMC Biology 2009, 7 :31 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Early calcium increase triggers the formation of olfactory long-term memory in honeybees Emmanuel Perisse, Valerie Raymond-Delpech, Isabelle Neant, Yukihisa Matsumoto, Catherine Leclerc, Marc Moreau, Jean-Christophe Sandoz BMC Biology 2009, 7 :30 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mutations in many genes affect aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
Alexis C Edwards, Liesbeth Zwarts, Akihiko Yamamoto, Patrick Callaerts, Trudy FC Mackay BMC Biology 2009, 7 :29 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the mollusc Aplysia Scott F Cummins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Zhihua Zou, Charles Claudianos, Leonid L Moroz, Gregg T Nagle, Bernard M Degnan BMC Biology 2009, 7 :28 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A single muscle moves a crustacean limb joint rhythmically by acting against a spring containing resilin Malcolm Burrows BMC Biology 2009, 7 :27 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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