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Extensive population genetic structure in the giraffe
David M Brown, Rick A Brenneman, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, John P Pollinger, Borja Mil , Nicholas J Georgiadis, Edward E Louis Jr, Gregory F Grether, David K Jacobs, Robert K Wayne
BMC Biology 2007, 5:57 (21December2007)
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Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni
Dalial Freitak, Christopher W Wheat, David G Heckel, Heiko Vogel
BMC Biology 2007, 5:56 (21December2007)
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Systematics and plastid genome evolution of the cryptically photosynthetic parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Joel R McNeal, Kathiravetpilla Arumugunathan, Jennifer V Kuehl, Jeffrey L Boore, Claude W dePamphilis
BMC Biology 2007, 5:55 (13December2007)
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Male urine signals social rank in the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
Eduardo N Barata, Peter C Hubbard, Olinda G Almeida, Ant nio Miranda, Adelino VM Canrio
BMC Biology 2007, 5:54 (12December2007)
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Dynacortin facilitates polarization of chemotaxing cells
Cathryn Kabacoff, Yuan Xiong, Runa Musib, Elizabeth M Reichl, John Kim, Pablo A Iglesias, Douglas N Robinson
BMC Biology 2007, 5:53 (26November2007)
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Left hemispheric dominance during auditory processing in a noisy environment
Hidehiko Okamoto, Henning Stracke, Bernhard Ross, Ryusuke Kakigi, Christo Pantev
BMC Biology 2007, 5:52 (15November2007)
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Adaptive sequence evolution in a color gene involved in the formation of the characteristic egg-dummies of male haplochromine cichlid fishes
Walter Salzburger, Ingo Braasch, Axel Meyer
BMC Biology 2007, 5:51 (15November2007)
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Phenotypic evolution from genetic polymorphisms in a radial network architecture
Arnaud Le Rouzic, Paul B Siegel,  rjan Carlborg
BMC Biology 2007, 5:50 (14November2007)
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Reciprocal diversification in a complex plant-herbivore-parasitoid food web
Tommi Nyman, Folmer Bokma, Jens-Peter Kopelke
BMC Biology 2007, 5:49 (1November2007)
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Nutritional upgrading for omnivorous carpenter ants by the endosymbiont Blochmannia
Heike Feldhaar, Josef Straka, Markus Krischke, Kristina Berthold, Sascha Stoll, Martin J Mueller, Roy Gross
BMC Biology 2007, 5:48 (30October2007)
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Classification and nomenclature of all human homeobox genes
Peter WH Holland, H Anne F Booth, Elspeth A Bruford
BMC Biology 2007, 5:47 (26October2007)
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Visualizing regulatory interactions in metabolic networks
Stephan Noack, Aljoscha Wahl, Ermir Qeli, Wolfgang Wiechert
BMC Biology 2007, 5:46 (16October2007)
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Gene expression profiling of cuticular proteins across the moult cycle of the crab Portunus pelagicus
Anna V Kuballa, David J Merritt, Abigail Elizur
BMC Biology 2007, 5:45 (10October2007)
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Broadening the horizon  level 2.5 of the HUPO-PSI format for molecular interactions
Samuel Kerrien, Sandra Orchard, Luisa Montecchi-Palazzi, Bruno Aranda, Antony F Quinn, Nisha Vinod, Gary D Bader, Ioannis Xenarios, J r me Wojcik, David Sherman, Mike Tyers, John J Salama, Susan Moore, Arnaud Ceol, Andrew Chatr-aryamontri, Matthias Oesterheld, Volker St mpflen, Lukasz Salwinski, Jason Nerothin, Ethan Cerami, Michael E Cusick, Marc Vidal, Michael Gilson, John Armstrong, Peter Woollard, Christopher Hogue, David Eisenberg, Gianni Cesareni, Rolf Apweiler, Henning Hermjakob
BMC Biology 2007, 5:44 (9October2007)
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Spatial chemical conservation of hot spot interactions in protein-protein complexes
Alexandra Shulman-Peleg, Maxim Shatsky, Ruth Nussinov, Haim J Wolfson
BMC Biology 2007, 5:43 (9October2007)
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Sleep in Kcna2 knockout mice
Christopher L Douglas, Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, Teresa Southard, Shing-Yan Chiu, Albee Messing, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
BMC Biology 2007, 5:42 (9October2007)
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Broad genomic and transcriptional analysis reveals a highly derived genome in dinoflagellate mitochondria
Christopher J Jackson, John E Norman, Murray N Schnare, Michael W Gray, Patrick J Keeling, Ross F Waller
BMC Biology 2007, 5:41 (27September2007)
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Faced with inequality: chicken do not have a general dosage compensation of sex-linked genes
Hans Ellegren, Lina Hultin-Rosenberg, Bj rn Brunstrm, Lennart Dencker, Kim Kultima, Birger Scholz
BMC Biology 2007, 5:40 (20September2007)
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Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group
Thomas Walker, Lisa Klasson, Mohammed Sebaihia, Mandy J Sanders, Nicholas R Thomson, Julian Parkhill, Steven P Sinkins
BMC Biology 2007, 5:39 (20September2007)
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Association with the origin recognition complex suggests a novel role for histone acetyltransferase Hat1p/Hat2p
Bernhard Suter, Oxana Pogoutse, Xinghua Guo, Nevan Krogan, Peter Lewis, Jack F Greenblatt, Jasper Rine, Andrew Emili
BMC Biology 2007, 5:38 (19September2007)
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The DNA binding parvulin Par17 is targeted to the mitochondrial matrix by a recently evolved prepeptide uniquely present in Hominidae
Daniel Kessler, Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Tina Stratmann, Elke Andrea Dian, Cristina Hartmann-Fatu, Joachim Rassow, Peter Bayer, Jonathan Wolf Mueller
BMC Biology 2007, 5:37 (17September2007)
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A conserved gene family encodes transmembrane proteins with fibronectin, immunoglobulin and leucine-rich repeat domains (FIGLER)
Delicia L Munfus, Christopher L Haga, Peter D Burrows, Max D Cooper
BMC Biology 2007, 5:36 (13September2007)
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Species status of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: evolutionary and epidemiological inferences from multilocus sequence typing
Julia S Bennett, Keith A Jolley, P Frederick Sparling, Nigel J Saunders, C Anthony Hart, Ian M Feavers, Martin CJ Maiden
BMC Biology 2007, 5:35 (7September2007)
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FishNet: an online database of zebrafish anatomy
Robert J Bryson-Richardson, Silke Berger, Thomas F Schilling, Thomas E Hall, Nicholas J Cole, Abigail J Gibson, James Sharpe, Peter D Currie
BMC Biology 2007, 5:34 (17August2007)
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The hydrocephalus inducing gene product, Hydin, positions axonemal central pair microtubules
Helen R Dawe, Michael K Shaw, Helen Farr, Keith Gull
BMC Biology 2007, 5:33 (7August2007)
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Identification of novel conserved peptide uORF homology groups in Arabidopsis and rice reveals ancient eukaryotic origin of select groups and preferential association with transcription factor-encoding genes
Celine A Hayden, Richard A Jorgensen
BMC Biology 2007, 5:32 (30July2007)
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Accelerated gene evolution and subfunctionalization in the pseudotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis
Uffe Hellsten, Mustafa K Khokha, Timothy C Grammer, Richard M Harland, Paul Richardson, Daniel S Rokhsar
BMC Biology 2007, 5:31 (25July2007)
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Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: the genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters
Micha l C Fontaine, Stuart JE Baird, Sylvain Piry, Nicolas Ray, Krystal A Tolley, Sarah Duke, Alexei Birkun Jr, Marisa Ferreira, Thierry Jauniaux,  ngela Llavona, Bayram ztrk, Ayaka A ztrk, Vincent Ridoux, Emer Rogan, Marina Sequeira, Ursula Siebert, G sli A Vikingsson, Jean-Marie Bouquegneau, Johan R Michaux
BMC Biology 2007, 5:30 (25July2007)
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Evolution favors protein mutational robustness in sufficiently large populations
Jesse D Bloom, Zhongyi Lu, David Chen, Alpan Raval, Ophelia S Venturelli, Frances H Arnold
BMC Biology 2007, 5:29 (17July2007)
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A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae
Hisayoshi Nozaki, Hiroyoshi Takano, Osami Misumi, Kimihiro Terasawa, Motomichi Matsuzaki, Shinichiro Maruyama, Keiji Nishida, Fumi Yagisawa, Yamato Yoshida, Takayuki Fujiwara, Susumu Takio, Katsunori Tamura, Sung Jin Chung, Soichi Nakamura, Haruko Kuroiwa, Kan Tanaka, Naoki Sato, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa
BMC Biology 2007, 5:28 (10July2007)
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Correction: Evidence for interplay among yeast replicative DNA polymerases alpha, delta and epsilon from studies of exonuclease and polymerase active site mutations
Youri I Pavlov, Satoko Maki, Hisaji Maki, Thomas A Kunkel
BMC Biology 2007, 5:27 (21June2007)
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Horizontal transfer of a eukaryotic plastid-targeted protein gene to cyanobacteria
Matthew B Rogers, Nicola J Patron, Patrick J Keeling
BMC Biology 2007, 5:26 (20June2007)
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Comparative analysis of structured RNAs in S. cerevisiae indicates a multitude of different functions
Stephan Steigele, Wolfgang Huber, Claudia Stocsits, Peter F Stadler, Kay Nieselt
BMC Biology 2007, 5:25 (18June2007)
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Design and applicability of DNA arrays and DNA barcodes in biodiversity monitoring
Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Gregory AC Singer, Elizabeth L Clare, Paul DN Hebert
BMC Biology 2007, 5:24 (13June2007)
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Gene expression and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in social wasps
Eric A Hoffman, Michael AD Goodisman
BMC Biology 2007, 5:23 (15May2007)
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Differential affinity of mammalian histone H1 somatic subtypes for DNA and chromatin
Mary Orrego, Imma Ponte, Alicia Roque, Natascha Buschati, Xavier Mora, Pedro Suau
BMC Biology 2007, 5:22 (11May2007)
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Male and female brain evolution is subject to contrasting selection pressures in primates
Robin IM Dunbar
BMC Biology 2007, 5:21 (10May2007)
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Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex
Patrik Lindenfors, Charles L Nunn, Robert A Barton
BMC Biology 2007, 5:20 (10May2007)
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Arthritis suppression by NADPH activation operates through an interferon- pathway
Peter Olofsson, Annika Nerstedt, Malin Hultqvist, Elisabeth C Nilsson, Sofia Andersson, Anna Bergelin, Rikard Holmdahl
BMC Biology 2007, 5:19 (9May2007)
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Global and regional brain metabolic scaling and its functional consequences
Jan Karbowski
BMC Biology 2007, 5:18 (9May2007)
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Ab initio modeling of small proteins by iterative TASSER simulations
Sitao Wu, Jeffrey Skolnick, Yang Zhang
BMC Biology 2007, 5:17 (8May2007)
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Food-associated cues alter forebrain functional connectivity as assessed with immediate early gene and proenkephalin expression
Craig A Schiltz, Quentin Z Bremer, Charles F Landry, Ann E Kelley
BMC Biology 2007, 5:16 (26April2007)
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Pygo1 and Pygo2 roles in Wnt signaling in mammalian kidney development
Kristopher R Schwab, Larry T Patterson, Heather A Hartman, Ni Song, Richard A Lang, Xinhua Lin, S Steven Potter
BMC Biology 2007, 5:15 (10April2007)
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A novel role for RecA under non-stress: promotion of swarming motility in Escherichia coli K-12
Jos-Mara Gmez-Gmez, Candela Manfredi, Juan-Carlos Alonso, Jes s Blzquez
BMC Biology 2007, 5:14 (28March2007)
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Correction: African American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups
Bert Ely, Jamie Lee Wilson, Fatimah Jackson, Bruce A Jackson
BMC Biology 2007, 5:13 (26March2007)
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Sequence variation in human succinate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for long-term balancing selection on SDHA
Bora E Baysal, Elizabeth C Lawrence, Robert E Ferrell
BMC Biology 2007, 5:12 (21March2007)
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Late-acting dominant lethal genetic systems and mosquito control
Hoang Kim Phuc, Morten H Andreasen, Rosemary S Burton, Cline Vass, Matthew J Epton, Gavin Pape, Guoliang Fu, Kirsty C Condon, Sarah Scaife, Christl A Donnelly, Paul G Coleman, Helen White-Cooper, Luke Alphey
BMC Biology 2007, 5:11 (20March2007)
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Rheb-TOR signaling promotes protein synthesis, but not glucose or amino acid import, in Drosophila
Dayna J Hall, Savraj S Grewal, Aida Flor A de la Cruz, Bruce A Edgar
BMC Biology 2007, 5:10 (19March2007)
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The pathology of embryo death caused by the male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium in Drosophila nebulosa
Joanna K Bentley, Zoe Veneti, Joseph Heraty, Gregory DD Hurst
BMC Biology 2007, 5:9 (15March2007)
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Video analysis of the escape flight of Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus: does the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis persist in continental North America?
J Martin Collinson
BMC Biology 2007, 5:8 (15March2007)
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Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice
David L Reed, Jessica E Light, Julie M Allen, Jeremy J Kirchman
BMC Biology 2007, 5:7 (7March2007)
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Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function
John J Socha, Mark W Westneat, Jon F Harrison, James S Waters, Wah-Keat Lee
BMC Biology 2007, 5:6 (1March2007)
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A mobile element-based evolutionary history of guenons (tribe Cercopithecini)
Jinchuan Xing, Hui Wang, Yuhua Zhang, David A Ray, Anthony J Tosi, Todd R Disotell, Mark A Batzer
BMC Biology 2007, 5:5 (31January2007)
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Androgen responsive intronic non-coding RNAs
Rodrigo Louro, Helder I Nakaya, Paulo P Amaral, Fernanda Festa, Mari C Sogayar, Aline M da Silva, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, Eduardo M Reis
BMC Biology 2007, 5:4 (30January2007)
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Host-driven diversification of gall-inducing Acacia thrips and the aridification of Australia
Michael J McLeish, Thomas W Chapman, Michael P Schwarz
BMC Biology 2007, 5:3 (26January2007)
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A clade uniting the green algae Mesostigma viride and Chlorokybus atmophyticus represents the deepest branch of the Streptophyta in chloroplast genome-based phylogenies
Claude Lemieux, Christian Otis, Monique Turmel
BMC Biology 2007, 5:2 (12January2007)
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The vertebrate phylotypic stage and an early bilaterian-related stage in mouse embryogenesis defined by genomic information
Naoki Irie, Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa
BMC Biology 2007, 5:1 (12January2007)
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