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Two sisters in the same dress: Heliconius cryptic species

Nathalia Giraldo, Camilo Salazar, Chris D Jiggins, Eldredge Bermingham, Mauricio Linares BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:324 (28 November 2008)

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Divergent evolution and molecular adaptation in the Drosophila odorant-binding protein family: inferences from sequence variation at the OS-E and OS-F genes

Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Julio Rozas BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:323 (27 November 2008)

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Testing comparative phylogeographic models of marine vicariance and dispersal using a hierarchical Bayesian approach

Michael J Hickerson, Christopher P Meyer BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:322 (27 November 2008)

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Suprafamilial relationships among Rodentia and the phylogenetic effect of removing fast-evolving nucleotides in mitochondrial, exon and intron fragments

Claudine Montgelard, Ellen Forty, Véronique Arnal, Conrad A Matthee BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:321 (26 November 2008)

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Phylogenetic evidence for extensive lateral acquisition of cellular genes by Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses

Jonathan Filée, Noëlle Pouget, Mick Chandler BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:320 (26 November 2008)

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Sperm competition: linking form to function

Stuart Humphries, Jonathan P Evans, Leigh W Simmons BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:319 (25 November 2008)

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Comparisons of sperm morphology and velocity suggest that longer sperm are not necessarily the fastest and that a flagellum:head ratio is more useful than flagellum length when investigating evolutionary selection for increased swimming speed.

Genetic diversity in two sibling species of the Anopheles punctulatus group of mosquitoes on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands

Arif U Hasan, Setsuo Suguri, Chigusa Fujimoto, Rodney L Itaki, Masakazu Harada, Masato Kawabata, Hugo Bugoro, Bobogare Albino BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:318 (24 November 2008)

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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 2008, 8:317 (21 November 2008)

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Insights into the evolutionary origins of clostridial neurotoxins from analysis of the Clostridium botulinum strain A neurotoxin gene cluster

Andrew C Doxey, Michael DJ Lynch, Kirsten M Müller, Elizabeth M Meiering, Brendan J McConkey BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:316 (14 November 2008)

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Genetic structure along an elevational gradient in Hawaiian honeycreepers reveals contrasting evolutionary responses to avian malaria

Lori S Eggert, Lauren A Terwilliger, Bethany L Woodworth, Patrick J Hart, Danielle Palmer, Robert C Fleischer BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:315 (14 November 2008)

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Transfer of rice mitochondrial ribosomal protein L6 gene to the nucleus: acquisition of the 5'-untranslated region via a transposable element

Nakao Kubo, Masaru Fujimoto, Shin-ichi Arimura, Masashi Hirai, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:314 (14 November 2008)

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Protein evolution in deep sea bacteria: an analysis of amino acids substitution rates

Stefano Campanaro, Laura Treu, Giorgio Valle BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:313 (13 November 2008)

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The tree of genomes: An empirical comparison of genome-phylogeny reconstruction methods

Angela McCann, James A Cotton, James O McInerney BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:312 (12 November 2008)

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Sox genes in the coral Acropora millepora: divergent expression patterns reflect differences in developmental mechanisms within the Anthozoa

Chuya Shinzato, Akira Iguchi, David C Hayward, Ulrich Technau, Eldon E Ball, David J Miller BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:311 (12 November 2008)

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An in-depth study of the Sox gene family in coral shows patterns and timing of expression that differ from those of sea anemones, reflecting the diversity of developmental mechanisms within the Hexacorallian subclass of Cnidaria.

Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards

Adam Skinner, Michael SY Lee, Mark N Hutchinson BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:310 (11 November 2008)

The high frequency and exceptionally rapid rate of limb reduction over the past few million years in species of the skink genus Lerista provides some insight into how body forms of multicellular organisms have diversified during evolution.

Chromosomal plasticity and evolutionary potential in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto: insights from three decades of rare paracentric inversions

Marco Pombi, Beniamino Caputo, Frederic Simard, Maria A Di Deco, Mario Coluzzi, Alessandra Torre, Carlo Costantini, Nora J Besansky, Vincenzo Petrarca BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:309 (10 November 2008)

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Group I introns and associated homing endonuclease genes reveals a clinal structure for Porphyra spiralis var. amplifolia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) along the Eastern coast of South America

Daniela Milstein, Mariana C Oliveira, Felipe M Martins, Sergio R Matioli BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:308 (7 November 2008)

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Molecular evolution of synonymous codon usage in Populus

Pär K Ingvarsson BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:307 (4 November 2008)

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Evolutionary history of the UCP gene family: gene duplication and selection

Joseph Hughes, Francois Criscuolo BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:306 (3 November 2008)

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Evolution of GHF5 endoglucanase gene structure in plant-parasitic nematodes: no evidence for an early domain shuffling event

Tina Kyndt, Annelies Haegeman, Godelieve Gheysen BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:305 (3 November 2008)

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Evolutionary conservation of dual Sec translocases in the cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa

Fumie Yusa, Jürgen M Steiner, Wolfgang Löffelhardt BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:304 (1 November 2008)

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