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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.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :147
Mate choice in the monogamous kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla, appears to be under strong selection against inbreeding as genetically dissimilar pairs produce chicks that are more likely to hatch and thrive.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :132
After an initial period of harmonious coupling, female Drosophila montana flies struggle to free themselves but persistent males hang on, extending copulation long enough to deter the female remating with other males.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :131
The true toads (Bufonidae) of India belong to a clade nesting within New World Bufonidae, indicating a single invasion event, with endemic diversity arising in the rainforests of Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :88
Specific egg morphs of the European cuckoo mimic the eggs of hosts that are evenly distributed and of high density, supporting the hypothesis that these are key factors in the evolution of parasite specialization.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :87
Improved performance of a context-dependent model of non-coding sequence evolution can be achieved without the risk of overfitting using a parameter reduction strategy for clustering posterior densities.
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Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation Simona Fornarino, Maria Pala, Vincenza Battaglia, Ramona Maranta, Alessandro Achilli, Guido Modiano, Antonio Torroni, Ornella Semino, Silvana A Santachiara-Benerecetti BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :154 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evolutionary divergence times in the Annonaceae: evidence of a late Miocene origin of Pseuduvaria in Sundaland with subsequent diversification in New Guinea Yvonne C.F. Su, Richard M.K. Saunders BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :153 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions Penelope R Whitehorn, Matthew C Tinsley, Mark JF Brown, Ben Darvill, Dave Goulson BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :152 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Integration of Bayesian molecular clock methods and fossil-based soft bounds reveals early Cenozoic origin of African lacertid lizards Christy A Hipsley, Lin Himmelmann, Dirk Metzler, Johannes Mueller BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :151 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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On the phylogenetic position of Myzostomida: Can 77 genes get it wrong? Christoph Bleidorn, Lars Podsiadlowski, Min Zhong, Igor Eeckhaut, Stefanie Hartmann, Kenneth M Halanych, Ralph Tiedemann BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :150 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Phylogenetic analysis of the SAP30 family of transcriptional regulators reveals functional divergence in the domain that binds the nuclear matrix Keijo M Viiri, Taisto YK Heinonen, Markku Maki, Olli Lohi BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :149 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Friend or foe? Evolutionary history of glycoside hydrolase family 32 genes encoding for sucrolytic activity in fungi and its implications for plant-fungal symbioses Jeri LYNN Parrent, Timothy Y. James, Rimvydas Vasaitis, Andrew F.S. Taylor BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :148 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evidence that pairing with genetically similar mates is maladaptive in a monogamous bird Herve Mulard, Etienne Danchin, Sandra L Talbot, Andrew M Ramey, Scott A Hatch, Joel F White, Fabrice Helfenstein, Richard H Wagner BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :147 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Role of Accelerated Segment Switch in Exons to Alter Targeting (ASSET) in the Molecular Evolution of Snake Venom Proteins Robin Doley, Stephen P Mackessy, R Manjunatha Kini BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :146 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation Tomohiko Yamada, Tomoshige Sugiyama, Nana Tamaki, Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :145 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sequence diversity in three tomato species: SNPs, markers, and molecular evolution Jose M Jimenez-Gomez, Julin N Maloof BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :85 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Genomic diversity of pathogenic Escherichia coli of the EHEC 2 clonal complex Galeb S Abu-Ali, David W Lacher, Lukas M Wick, Weihong Qi, Thomas S Whittam BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :296 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Association of virulence plasmid and antibiotic resistance determinants with chromosomal multilocus genotypes in Mexican Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains Magdalena Wiesner, Mussaret B. Zaidi, Edmundo Calva, Marcos Fernandez-Mora, Juan J. Calva, Claudia Silva BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :131 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Ensemble approach to predict specificity determinants: benchmarking and validation Saikat Chakrabarti, Anna R Panchenko BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :207 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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2La chromosomal inversion enhances thermal tolerance of Anopheles gambiae larvae Kyle AC Rocca, Emilie M Gray, Carlo Costantini, Nora J Besansky Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :147 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Transcriptome analysis of the venom gland of the scorpion Scorpiops jendeki: implication for the evolution of the scorpion venom arsenal Yibao Ma, Ruiming Zhao, Yawen He, Songryong Li, Jun Liu, Yingliang Wu, Zhijian Cao, Wenxin Li BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :290 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) Barbara A Caspers, Claudia Junge, Markus Weitere, Sebastian Steinfartz Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution of the dormancy associated MADS-box genes from peach Sergio Jimenez, Amy L Lawton-Rauh, Gregory L Reighard, Albert G Abbott, Douglas G Bielenberg BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :81 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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On the road to diploidization? Homoeolog loss in independently formed populations of the allopolyploid Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae) Jennifer A Tate, Prashant Joshi, Kerry A Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Douglas E Soltis BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :80 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Construction and sequence sampling of deep-coverage, large-insert BAC libraries for three model Lepidopteran species Chengcang Wu, Dina Proestou, Dorothy Carter, Erica Nicholson, Filippe Santos, Shaying Zhao, Hong-Bin Zhang, Marian R. Goldsmith BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :283 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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