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BMC Evolutionary Biology, Volume 9

 
Research article
Diversification of the cullin family
Ignacio Marin
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:267 (19November2009)
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Research article
Phylogenomic analysis of the cystatin superfamily in eukaryotes and prokaryotes
Dusan Kordis, Vito Turk
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:266 (18November2009)
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Research article
Ribosomal protein L10 is encoded in the mitochondrial genome of many land plants and green algae
Jeffrey P Mower, Linda Bonen
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:265 (16November2009)
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Research article
Genome wide evolutionary analyses reveal serotype specific patterns of positive selection in selected Salmonella serotypes
Yesim Soyer, Renato H Orsi, Lorraine D Rodriguez-Rivera, Qi Sun, Martin Wiedmann
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:264 (14November2009)
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Research article
Rapid radiation in spiny lobsters (Palinurus spp) as revealed by classic and ABC methods using mtDNA and microsatellite data
Ferran Palero, Joao Lopes, Pere Abell, Enrique Macpherson, Marta Pascual, Mark A Beaumont
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:263 (9November2009)
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Research article
Asymmetric introgression between sympatric molestus and pipiens forms of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Comporta region, Portugal
Bruno Gomes, Carla A Sousa, Maria T Novo, Ferdinando B Freitas, Ricardo Alves, Ana R Crte-Real, Patrcia Salgueiro, Martin J Donnelly, Antnio PG Almeida, Joo Pinto
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:262 (6November2009)
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Research article
Plant chemical defence: a partner control mechanism stabilising plant - seed-eating pollinator mutualisms
Sbastien Ibanez, Christiane Gallet, Fanny Dommanget, Laurence Desprs
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:261 (3November2009)
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Research article
Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae
Daniel B Sloan, Bengt Oxelman, Anja Rautenberg, Douglas R Taylor
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:260 (31October2009)
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Research article
Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach
Helen J Chatterjee, Simon YW Ho, Ian Barnes, Colin Groves
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:259 (27October2009)
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Research article
Genomic taxonomy of vibrios
Cristiane C Thompson, Ana Carolina P Vicente, Rangel C Souza, Ana Tereza R Vasconcelos, Tammi Vesth, Nelson Alves Jr, David W Ussery, Tetsuya Iida, Fabiano L Thompson
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:258 (27October2009)
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Research article
Relatedness facilitates cooperation in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus tentoriicola
Jasmin Ruch, Lisa Heinrich, Trine Bilde, Jutta M Schneider
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:257 (27October2009)
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Research article
Nme protein family evolutionary history, a vertebrate perspective
Thomas Desvignes, Pierre Pontarotti, Christian Fauvel, Julien Bobe
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:256 (23October2009)
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Research article
Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?
Michael E Alfaro, Chad D Brock, Barbara L Banbury, Peter C Wainwright
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:255 (22October2009)
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Research article
Hsp-90 and the biology of nematodes
Nik AIIN Him, Victoria Gillan, Richard D Emes, Kirsty Maitland, Eileen Devaney
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:254 (22October2009)
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Research article
Plastid genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus: further insights on the evolution of red-algal derived plastids
Gildas Le Corguill, Gareth Pearson, Marta Valente, Carla Viegas, Bernhard Gschloessl, Erwan Corre, Xavier Bailly, Akira F Peters, Claire Jubin, Benoit Vacherie, J Mark Cock, Catherine Leblanc
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:253 (16October2009)
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Research article
Positive selection for the male functionality of a co-retroposed gene in the hominoids
Yong Zhang, Shujuan Lu, Shuqi Zhao, Xiaofeng Zheng, Manyuan Long, Liping Wei
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:252 (15October2009)
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Research article
Cooperative social clusters are not destroyed by dispersal in a ciliate
Nicolas Schtickzelle, Else J Fjerdingstad, Alexis Chaine, Jean Clobert
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:251 (14October2009)
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Research article
Polyploid evolution in Oryza officinalis complex of the genus Oryza
Baosheng Wang, Zhuoya Ding, Wei Liu, Jin Pan, Changbao Li, Song Ge, Daming Zhang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:250 (14October2009)
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Research article
Origin and evolution of the Notch signalling pathway: an overview from eukaryotic genomes
Eve Gazave, Pascal Lapbie, Gemma S Richards, Frdric Brunet, Alexander V Ereskovsky, Bernard M Degnan, Carole Borchiellini, Michel Vervoort, Emmanuelle Renard
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:249 (13October2009)
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Research article
Cyto-nuclear discordance in the phylogeny of Ficus section Galoglychia and host shifts in plant-pollinator associations
Julien P Renoult, Finn Kjellberg, Cinderella Grout, Sylvain Santoni, Bouchab Khadari
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:248 (12October2009)
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Research article
Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Leymus (Triticeae; Poaceae) based on a single-copy nuclear gene encoding plastid acetyl-CoA carboxylase
Xing Fan, Li-Na Sha, Rui-Wu Yang, Hai-Qin Zhang, Hou-Yang Kang, Cun-Bang Ding, Li Zhang, You-Liang Zheng, Yong-Hong Zhou
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:247 (8October2009)
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Research article
Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches
Anna J Phillips, Mark E Siddall
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:246 (7October2009)
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Research article
Testing mitochondrial sequences and anonymous nuclear markers for phylogeny reconstruction in a rapidly radiating group: molecular systematics of the Delphininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Delphinidae)
Sarah E Kingston, Lara D Adams, Patricia E Rosel
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:245 (7October2009)
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Research article
Expressions of ECE-CYC2 clade genes relating to abortion of both dorsal and ventral stamens in Opithandra (Gesneriaceae)
Chun-Feng Song, Qi-Bing Lin, Rong-Hua Liang, Yin-Zheng Wang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:244 (7October2009)
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Research article
The genome sequence of the protostome Daphnia pulex encodes respective orthologues of a neurotrophin, a Trk and a p75NTR: Evolution of neurotrophin signaling components and related proteins in the bilateria
Karen HS Wilson
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:243 (6October2009)
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Research article
Amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) has orthologs of vertebrate odorant receptors
Allison M Churcher, John S Taylor
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:242 (5October2009)
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Research article
High adsorption rate is detrimental to bacteriophage fitness in a biofilm-like environment
Romain Gallet, Yongping Shao, Ing-Nang Wang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:241 (5October2009)
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Research article
An EST screen from the annelid Pomatoceros lamarckii reveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals
Tokiharu Takahashi, Carmel McDougall, Jolyon Troscianko, Wei-Chung Chen, Ahamarshan Jayaraman-Nagarajan, Sebastian M Shimeld, David EK Ferrier
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:240 (25September2009)
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Research article
Intra-individual polymorphism in diploid and apomictic polyploid hawkweeds (Hieracium, Lactuceae, Asteraceae): disentangling phylogenetic signal, reticulation, and noise
Judith Fehrer, Karol Krak, Jindich Chrtek Jr
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:239 (22September2009)
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Research article
Brain structure evolution in a basal vertebrate clade: evidence from phylogenetic comparative analysis of cichlid fishes
Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer, Svante Winberg, Niclas Kolm
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:238 (21September2009)
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Research article
Evidence for a rapid rate of molecular evolution at the hypervariable and immunogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE38 gene region
Christopher RE McEvoy, Paul D van Helden, Robin M Warren, Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:237 (21September2009)
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Research article
The impact of population size on the evolution of asexual microbes on smooth versus rugged fitness landscapes
Andreas Handel, Daniel E Rozen
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:236 (18September2009)
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Research article
An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise
Martin Irestedt, Knud A Jnsson, Jon Fjelds, Les Christidis, Per GP Ericson
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:235 (16September2009)
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Research article
Inferring speciation modes in a clade of Iberian chafers from rates of morphological evolution in different character systems
Dirk Ahrens, Ignacio Ribera
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:234 (15September2009)
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Research article
Conserved repertoire of orthologous vomeronasal type 1 receptor genes in ruminant species
Hiromi Ohara, Masato Nikaido, Atsuko Date-Ito, Kazutaka Mogi, Hiroaki Okamura, Norihiro Okada, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori, Kimiko Hagino-Yamagishi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:233 (15September2009)
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Research article
Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth
Alfred L Roca, Yasuko Ishida, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Stephen Fratpietro, Kristin Stewardson, Shannon Hensley, Michele Tisdale, Gennady Boeskorov, Alex D Greenwood
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:232 (11September2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary constraints permeate large metabolic networks
Andreas Wagner
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:231 (11September2009)
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Research article
Nuclear receptor complement of the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis: phylogenetic relationships and developmental expression patterns
Adam M Reitzel, Ann M Tarrant
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:230 (10September2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary history of selenocysteine incorporation from the perspective of SECIS binding proteins
Jesse Donovan, Paul R Copeland
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:229 (10September2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary conservation and changes in insect TRP channels
Hironori Matsuura, Takaaki Sokabe, Keigo Kohno, Makoto Tominaga, Tatsuhiko Kadowaki
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:228 (10September2009)
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Methodology article
Fast optimization of statistical potentials for structurally constrained phylogenetic models
Ccile Bonnard, Claudia L Kleinman, Nicolas Rodrigue, Nicolas Lartillot
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:227 (9September2009)
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Research article
FGFRL1 is a neglected putative actor of the FGF signalling pathway present in all major metazoan phyla
Stephanie Bertrand, Ildiko Somorjai, Jordi Garcia-Fernandez, Thomas Lamonerie, Hector Escriva
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:226 (9September2009)
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Software
PROCOV: maximum likelihood estimation of protein phylogeny under covarion models and site-specific covarion pattern analysis
Huai-Chun Wang, Edward Susko, Andrew J Roger
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:225 (8September2009)
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Research article
The identification and functional implications of human-specific "fixed" amino acid substitutions in the glutamate receptor family
Hiroki Goto, Kazunori Watanabe, Naozumi Araragi, Rui Kageyama, Kunika Tanaka, Yoko Kuroki, Atsushi Toyoda, Masahira Hattori, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Asao Fujiyama, Yasuyuki Fukumaki, Hiroki Shibata
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:224 (8September2009)
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Research article
Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the genus Algansea Girard (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) of central Mexico inferred from molecular data
Rodolfo Prez-Rodrguez, Omar Domnguez-Domnguez, Gerardo Prez Ponce de Len, Ignacio Doadrio
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:223 (7September2009)
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Research article
FoxO gene family evolution in vertebrates
Minghui Wang, Xiangzhe Zhang, Hongbo Zhao, Qishan Wang, Yuchun Pan
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:222 (7September2009)
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Database
SNP@Evolution: a hierarchical database of positive selection on the human genome
Feng Cheng, Wei Chen, Elliott Richards, Libin Deng, Changqing Zeng
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:221 (5September2009)
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Research article
Quaternary history and contemporary patterns in a currently expanding species
Carole Kerdelhu, Lorenzo Zane, Mauro Simonato, Paola Salvato, Jrme Rousselet, Alain Roques, Andrea Battisti
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:220 (4September2009)
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Research article
Differential transcriptional modulation of duplicated fatty acid-binding protein genes by dietary fatty acids in zebrafish (Danio rerio): evidence for subfunctionalization or neofunctionalization of duplicated genes
Santhosh Karanth, Santosh P Lall, Eileen M Denovan-Wright, Jonathan M Wright
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:219 (2September2009)
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Research article
Comparative genomics of chondrichthyan Hoxa clusters
John F Mulley, Ying-Fu Zhong, Peter WH Holland
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:218 (2September2009)
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Methodology article
BigFoot: Bayesian alignment and phylogenetic footprinting with MCMC
Rahul Satija, dm Novk, Istvn Mikls, Rune Lyngs, Jotun Hein
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:217 (28August2009)
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Research article
Inferring polyploid phylogenies from multiply-labeled gene trees
Martin Lott, Andreas Spillner, Katharina T Huber, Anna Petri, Bengt Oxelman, Vincent Moulton
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:216 (28August2009)
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Research article
The small heat shock protein (sHSP) genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, and comparative analysis with other insect sHSP genes
Zi-Wen Li, Xue Li, Quan-You Yu, Zhong-Huai Xiang, Hirohisa Kishino, Ze Zhang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:215 (28August2009)
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Research article
Effect of exonic splicing regulation on synonymous codon usage in alternatively spliced exons of Dscam
Aya Takahashi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:214 (27August2009)
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Correction
Correction: Molecular evolution of the keratin associated protein gene family in mammals, role in the evolution of mammalian hair
Dong-Dong Wu, David M Irwin, Ya-Ping Zhang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:213 (25August2009)
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Research article
Molecular phylogeny of beetle associated diplogastrid nematodes suggests host switching rather than nematode-beetle coevolution
Werner E Mayer, Matthias Herrmann, Ralf J Sommer
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:212 (24August2009)
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Research article
Phylogenetic inference under varying proportions of indel-induced alignment gaps
Bhakti Dwivedi, Sudhindra R Gadagkar
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:211 (23August2009)
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Research article
Neogastropod phylogenetic relationships based on entire mitochondrial genomes
Regina L Cunha, Cristina Grande, Rafael Zardoya
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:210 (23August2009)
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Research article
Evidence and evolutionary analysis of ancient whole-genome duplication in barley predating the divergence from rice
Thomas Thiel, Andreas Graner, Robbie Waugh, Ivo Grosse, Timothy J Close, Nils Stein
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:209 (22August2009)
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Research article
Multiple gains of spliceosomal introns in a superfamily of vertebrate protease inhibitor genes
Hermann Ragg, Abhishek Kumar, Katharina Kster, Caterina Bentele, Yunjie Wang, Marc-Andr Frese, Natalie Prib, Olaf Krger
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:208 (22August2009)
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Research article
Whole genome duplications and expansion of the vertebrate GATA transcription factor gene family
William Q Gillis, John St John, Bruce Bowerman, Stephan Q Schneider
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:207 (20August2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary rate patterns of the Gibberellin pathway genes
Yan-hua Yang, Fu-min Zhang, Song Ge
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:206 (18August2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary dynamics of the LTR retrotransposons roo and rooA inferred from twelve complete Drosophila genomes
Nicole de la Chaux, Andreas Wagner
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:205 (18August2009)
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Research article
Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective
Taehwan Lee, John B Burch, Trevor Coote, Paul Pearce-Kelly, Carole Hickman, Jean-Yves Meyer, Diarmaid Foighil
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:204 (18August2009)
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Research article
Long-range regulation is a major driving force in maintaining genome integrity
Emmanuel Mongin, Ken Dewar, Mathieu Blanchette
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:203 (15August2009)
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Research article
Evolution and functional divergence of NLRP genes in mammalian reproductive systems
Xin Tian, Graldine Pascal, Philippe Monget
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:202 (14August2009)
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Research article
Loss of matK RNA editing in seed plant chloroplasts
Michael Tillich, Vinh Le Sy, Katrin Schulerowitz, Arndt von Haeseler, Uwe G Maier, Christian Schmitz-Linneweber
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:201 (13August2009)
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Correction
LineageSpecificSeqgen: generating sequence data with lineage-specific variation in the proportion of variable sites
Liat Shavit Grievink, David Penny, Mike D Hendy, Barbara R Holland
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:200 (13August2009)
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Research article
Comprehensive computational analysis of Hmd enzymes and paralogs in methanogenic Archaea
Aaron D Goldman, John A Leigh, Ram Samudrala
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:199 (11August2009)
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Research article
Gain and loss of an intron in a protein-coding gene in Archaea: the case of an archaeal RNA pseudouridine synthase gene
Shin-ichi Yokobori, Takashi Itoh, Shigeo Yoshinari, Norimichi Nomura, Yoshihiko Sako, Akihiko Yamagishi, Tairo Oshima, Kiyoshi Kita, Yoh-ichi Watanabe
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:198 (11August2009)
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Research article
Cyanobacterial contribution to the genomes of the plastid-lacking protists
Shinichiro Maruyama, Motomichi Matsuzaki, Kazuharu Misawa, Hisayoshi Nozaki
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:197 (11August2009)
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Research article
Phylogenetic detection of horizontal gene transfer during the step-wise genesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Frdric Veyrier, Daniel Pletzer, Christine Turenne, Marcel A Behr
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:196 (10August2009)
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Research article
A fungal phylogeny based on 82 complete genomes using the composition vector method
Hao Wang, Zhao Xu, Lei Gao, Bailin Hao
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:195 (10August2009)
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Research article
Did genome duplication drive the origin of teleosts? A comparative study of diversification in ray-finned fishes
Francesco Santini, Luke J Harmon, Giorgio Carnevale, Michael E Alfaro
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:194 (8August2009)
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Research article
Does negative auto-regulation increase gene duplicability?
Tobias Warnecke, Guang-Zhong Wang, Martin J Lercher, Laurence D Hurst
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:193 (7August2009)
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Research article
Intronization, de-intronization and intron sliding are rare in Cryptococcus
Scott W Roy
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:192 (7August2009)
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Research article
Do potatoes and tomatoes have a single evolutionary history, and what proportion of the genome supports this history?
Flor Rodriguez, Feinan Wu, Ccile An, Steve Tanksley, David M Spooner
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:191 (7August2009)
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Research article
How to be an attractive male: floral dimorphism and attractiveness to pollinators in a dioecious plant
Marc O Waelti, Paul A Page, Alex Widmer, Florian P Schiestl
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:190 (6August2009)
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Research article
Phylogeny of Annelida (Lophotrochozoa): total-evidence analysis of morphology and six genes
Jan Zrzav, Pavel ha, Lubomr Pilek, Jan Janoukovec
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:189 (6August2009)
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Research article
Positive selection at codon 38 of the human KCNE1 (= minK) gene and sporadic absence of 38Ser-coding mRNAs in Gly38Ser heterozygotes
Holger Herlyn, Ulrich Zechner, Franz Oswald, Arne Pfeufer, Hans Zischler, Thomas Haaf
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:188 (6August2009)
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Research article
An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models
Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Xavier Turon, Russell R Hopcroft, Marie-Ka Tilak, Tamar Feldstein, Noa Shenkar, Yossi Loya, Dorothe Huchon, Emmanuel JP Douzery, Frdric Delsuc
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:187 (5August2009)
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Research article
The root of the East African cichlid radiations
Julia Schwarzer, Bernhard Misof, Diethard Tautz, Ulrich K Schliewen
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:186 (5August2009)
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Research article
Maintenance of adaptive differentiation by Wolbachia induced bidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility: the importance of sib-mating and genetic systems
Antoine Branca, Fabrice Vavre, Jean-Franois Silvain, Stphane Dupas
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:185 (4August2009)
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Research article
The distribution of CTL epitopes in HIV-1 appears to be random, and similar to that of other proteomes
Boris V Schmid, Can Kemir, Rob J de Boer
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:184 (4August2009)
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Research article
Evolutionary genomics of LysM genes in land plants
Xue-Cheng Zhang, Steven B Cannon, Gary Stacey
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:183 (3August2009)
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Research article
Are adaptation costs necessary to build up a local adaptation pattern?
Sara Magalhes, Elodie Blanchet, Martijn Egas, Isabelle Olivieri
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:182 (3August2009)
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Research article
Demographic history of Canary Islands male gene-pool: replacement of native lineages by European
Rosa Fregel, Vernica Gomes, Leonor Gusmo, Ana M Gonzlez, Vicente M Cabrera, Antnio Amorim, Jose M Larruga
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:181 (3August2009)
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Research article
The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus genome reveals the early origin of several chemosensory receptor families in the vertebrate lineage
Scot Libants, Kevin Carr, Hong Wu, John H Teeter, Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson, Ziping Zhang, Curt Wilkerson, Weiming Li
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:180 (31July2009)
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Research article
Horizontal gene transfer of zinc and non-zinc forms of bacterial ribosomal protein S4
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