Meyer, Axel
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany

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Research    
Base composition, selection, and phylogenetic significance of indels in the recombination activating gene-1 in vertebrates
Chiari Y, van der Meijden A, Madsen O, Vences M, Meyer A
Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6:32 (16 December 2009)
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The origin of bmp16, a novel Bmp2/4 relative, retained in teleost fish genomes
Feiner N, Begemann G, Renz AJ, Meyer A, Kuraku S
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:277 (1 December 2009)
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Dual control by a single gene of secondary sexual characters and mating preferences in medaka
Fukamachi S, Kinoshita M, Aizawa K, Oda S, Meyer A, Mitani H
BMC Biology 2009, 7:64 (29 September 2009)
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Fgfr1 signalling in the development of a sexually selected trait in vertebrates, the sword of swordtail fish
Offen N, Blum N, Meyer A, Begemann G
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:98 (9 October 2008)
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Annotation of expressed sequence tags for the East African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni and evolutionary analyses of cichlid ORFs
Salzburger W, Renn SCP, Steinke D, Braasch I, Hofmann HA, Meyer A
BMC Genomics 2008, 9:96 (25 February 2008)
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Distinct migratory and non-migratory ecotypes of an endemic New Zealand eleotrid (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) implications for incipient speciation in island freshwater fish species
Michel C, Hicks BJ, Stölting KN, Clarke AC, Stevens MI, Tana R, Meyer A, van den Heuvel MR
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:49 (14 February 2008)
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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
Salzburger W, Braasch I, Meyer A
BMC Biology 2007, 5:51 (15 November 2007)
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Comparative phylogenomic analyses of teleost fish Hox gene clusters: lessons from the cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni
Hoegg S, Boore JL, Kuehl JV, Meyer A
BMC Genomics 2007, 8:317 (10 September 2007)
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Comparative genomics of ParaHox clusters of teleost fishes: gene cluster breakup and the retention of gene sets following whole genome duplications
Siegel N, Hoegg S, Salzburger W, Braasch I, Meyer A
BMC Genomics 2007, 8:312 (6 September 2007)
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Phylogenomic analyses of KCNA gene clusters in vertebrates: why do gene clusters stay intact?
Hoegg S, Meyer A
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:139 (15 August 2007)
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Functional diversification of sonic hedgehog paralog enhancers identified by phylogenomic reconstruction
Hadzhiev Y, Lang M, Ertzer R, Meyer A, Strähle U, Müller F
Genome Biology 2007, 8:R106 (8 June 2007)
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Sampling genetic diversity in the sympatrically and allopatrically speciating Midas cichlid species complex over a 16 year time series
Bunje PME, Barluenga M, Meyer A
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:25 (20 February 2007)
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Mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of East African squeaker catfishes (Siluriformes: Synodontis)
Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Verheyen E, Meyer A, Salzburger W
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:49 (19 June 2006)
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Three rounds (1R/2R/3R) of genome duplications and the evolution of the glycolytic pathway in vertebrates
Steinke D, Hoegg S, Brinkmann H, Meyer A
BMC Biology 2006, 4:16 (6 June 2006)
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Many genes in fish have species-specific asymmetric rates of molecular evolution
Steinke D, Salzburger W, Braasch I, Meyer A
BMC Genomics 2006, 7:20 (8 February 2006)
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Conservation and co-option in developmental programmes: the importance of homology relationships
Sanetra M, Begemann G, Becker MB, Meyer A
Frontiers in Zoology 2005, 2:15 (10 October 2005)
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Out of Tanganyika: Genesis, explosive speciation, key-innovations and phylogeography of the haplochromine cichlid fishes
Salzburger W, Mack T, Verheyen E, Meyer A
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005, 5:17 (21 February 2005)
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