BMC Evolutionary Biology

Section Editors

Michael Brockhurst, University of York
David A Liberles, University of Wyoming
Susanna C Manrubia, Centro de Astrobiologia, CSIC-INTA
Sylvie Mazan, CNRS
Herve Philippe, Université de Montréal
Tom Pizzari, University of Oxford
Jim Provan, Queen's University Belfast
Tal Pupko, Tel-Aviv University
Walter Salzburger, University of Basel
Arndt von Haeseler, Max F Perutz Laboratories

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Christopher Foote, BioMed Central

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The origins of snakes and lizards

Discovery of the oldest fossil yet found, combined with a new molecular analysis, suggests an origin for the Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara) in the early Triassic, much later than many previous estimates

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:208
From the Andes to the Amazon

Phylogenetic analysis of South American “spiny rats” suggests a pattern of reciprocal transitions between the Andean-Amazonian interface, although the majority of speciation events occur within a region

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:191
Sex protects

Contrary to expectations of a trade-off between sex and immunity, resistance to certain pathogens increases in sexually experienced male Drosophila, the effect decaying when males are denied further access to females

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:185
After Fukushima; the pale grass blue butterfly

To clarify several issues raised in comments on their previous publication in Scientific Reports, the authors publish this Correspondence article incorporating new data on how the Fukushima nuclear disaster has affected the pale grass blue butterfly (Zizeeria maha).

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:168
The route to phylogenetic best practice

Section Editors David A Liberles, Hervé Philippe, Jim Provan, Tal Pupko and Arndt von Haeseler and Associate Editor Maria Anisimova outline how best to carry out high quality phylogenetic research.

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:161
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Link to Additional File 4

Comment on: Parks et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 12:100
Incorrectness Table 2 Saatzucht Dr. Hege GbR

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additional file missing?

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