Volume 7, issue 1, December 2007
246 articles in this issue
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Mitochondrial DNA suggests at least 11 origins of parasitism in angiosperms and reveals genomic chimerism in parasitic plants
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Todd J Barkman
- Joel R McNeal
- Claude W dePamphilis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2007
- Article: 248
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Cryptic diversity and deep divergence in an upper Amazonian leaflitter frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni
Authors
- Kathryn R Elmer
- José A Dávila
- Stephen C Lougheed
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2007
- Article: 247
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Social complexity in bees is not sufficient to explain lack of reversions to solitary living over long time scales
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Luke B Chenoweth
- Simon M Tierney
- Michael P Schwarz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2007
- Article: 246
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Sexual selection and the evolution of obligatory sex
Authors
- Lilach Hadany
- Tuvik Beker
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2007
- Article: 245
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Complex phylogeographic history of central African forest elephants and its implications for taxonomy
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Mireille B Johnson
- Stephen L Clifford
- Michael W Bruford
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2007
- Article: 244
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The role of horizontal transfer in the evolution of a highly variable lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis locus in xanthomonads that infect rice, citrus and crucifers
Authors
- Prabhu B Patil
- Adam J Bogdanove
- Ramesh V Sonti
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 December 2007
- Article: 243
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Detecting groups of coevolving positions in a molecule: a clustering approach
Authors
- Julien Dutheil
- Nicolas Galtier
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Article: 242
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OrthoMaM: A database of orthologous genomic markers for placental mammal phylogenetics
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Vincent Ranwez
- Frédéric Delsuc
- Emmanuel JP Douzery
- Content type: Database
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Article: 241
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Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation
Authors
- Peter Andras
- John Lazarus
- Gilbert Roberts
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Article: 240
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An insight into the phylogenetic history of HOX linked gene families in vertebrates
Authors
- Amir Ali Abbasi
- Karl-Heinz Grzeschik
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Article: 239
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Small steps or giant leaps for male-killers? Phylogenetic constraints to male-killer host shifts
Authors
- Matthew C Tinsley
- Michael EN Majerus
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2007
- Article: 238
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Assessing the evolutionary rate of positional orthologous genes in prokaryotes using synteny data
Authors
- Frédéric Lemoine
- Olivier Lespinet
- Bernard Labedan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2007
- Article: 237
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The invariant phenylalanine of precursor proteins discloses the importance of Omp85 for protein translocation into cyanelles
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tobias Wunder
- Roman Martin
- Jürgen M Steiner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 November 2007
- Article: 236
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Recombination rate and protein evolution in yeast
Authors
- Tim Connallon
- L Lacey Knowles
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2007
- Article: 235
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Large-scale genomic 2D visualization reveals extensive CG-AT skew correlation in bird genomes
Authors
- Xuegong Deng
- Ilkka Havukkala
- Xuemei Deng
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2007
- Article: 234
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Glacial vicariance in Eurasia: mitochondrial DNA evidence from Scots pine for a complex heritage involving genetically distinct refugia at mid-northern latitudes and in Asia Minor
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Krassimir Naydenov
- Sauphie Senneville
- Jean Bousquet
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2007
- Article: 233
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A novel subgroup Q5 of human Y-chromosomal haplogroup Q in India
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Swarkar Sharma
- Ekta Rai
- Rameshwar NK Bamezai
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 November 2007
- Article: 232
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Analyses of six homologous proteins of Protochlamydia amoebophila UWE25 encoded by large GC-rich genes (lgr): a model of evolution and concatenation of leucine-rich repeats
Authors
- Myriam Eugster
- Claude-Alain H Roten
- Gilbert Greub
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2007
- Article: 231
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The [FeFe] hydrogenase of Nyctotherus ovalis has a chimeric origin
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Brigitte Boxma
- Guenola Ricard
- Johannes HP Hackstein
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2007
- Article: 230
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Barriers to antigenic escape by pathogens: trade-off between reproductive rate and antigenic mutability
Authors
- Steven A Frank
- Robin M Bush
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 229
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An ant colony optimization algorithm for phylogenetic estimation under the minimum evolution principle
Authors
- Daniele Catanzaro
- Rafflaele Pesenti
- Michel C Milinkovitch
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 228
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Comparative tests of ectoparasite species richness in seabirds
Authors
- Joseph Hughes
- Roderic DM Page
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 227
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Codon usage in twelve species of Drosophila
Authors
- Saverio Vicario
- Etsuko N Moriyama
- Jeffrey R Powell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 226
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Global isolation by distance despite strong regional phylogeography in a small metazoan
Authors
- Scott Mills
- David H Lunt
- Africa Gómez
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2007
- Article: 225
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A new estimate of afrotherian phylogeny based on simultaneous analysis of genomic, morphological, and fossil evidence
Authors
- Erik R Seiffert
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2007
- Article: 224
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In silico genetic robustness analysis of microRNA secondary structures: potential evidence of congruent evolution in microRNA
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Wenjie Shu
- Xiaochen Bo
- Shengqi Wang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2007
- Article: 223
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Functional evolution of the vitamin D and pregnane X receptors
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Erica J Reschly
- Afonso Celso Dias Bainy
- Matthew D Krasowski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 222
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Persistence of duplicated PAC1 receptors in the teleost, Sparus auratus
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- João CR Cardoso
- Edwin CJM de Vet
- Deborah M Power
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 221
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Did glacial advances during the Pleistocene influence differently the demographic histories of benthic and pelagic Antarctic shelf fishes? – Inferences from intraspecific mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence diversity
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Karel Janko
- Guillaume Lecointre
- Craig Marshall
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 220
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Yarrowia lipolytica vesicle-mediated protein transport pathways
Authors
- Dominique Swennen
- Jean-Marie Beckerich
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 219
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Evidence for hybridization and introgression within a species-rich oak (Quercus spp.) community
Authors
- Alexandru L Curtu
- Oliver Gailing
- Reiner Finkeldey
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2007
- Article: 218
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Mitochondrial matR sequences help to resolve deep phylogenetic relationships in rosids
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Xin-Yu Zhu
- Mark W Chase
- Zhi-Duan Chen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2007
- Article: 217
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Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jeff W Higdon
- Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds
- Steven H Ferguson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2007
- Article: 216
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The nuclear OXPHOS genes in insecta: a common evolutionary origin, a common cis-regulatory motif, a common destiny for gene duplicates
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Damiano Porcelli
- Paolo Barsanti
- Corrado Caggese
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 215
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BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees
Authors
- Alexei J Drummond
- Andrew Rambaut
- Content type: Software
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 214
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The limits of subfunctionalization
Authors
- Thomas MacCarthy
- Aviv Bergman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2007
- Article: 213
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Coolidge effect in pond snails: male motivation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite
Authors
- Joris M Koene
- Andries Ter Maat
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2007
- Article: 212
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The Red Queen and the persistence of linkage-disequilibrium oscillations in finite and infinite populations
Authors
- Roger D Kouyos
- Marcel Salathé
- Sebastian Bonhoeffer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2007
- Article: 211
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Adaptive evolution of the symbiotic gene NORK is not correlated with shifts of rhizobial specificity in the genus Medicago
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Stéphane De Mita
- Sylvain Santoni
- Thomas Bataillon
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2007
- Article: 210
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Extensive lineage-specific gene duplication and evolution of the spiggin multi-gene family in stickleback
Authors
- Ryouka Kawahara
- Mutsumi Nishida
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 November 2007
- Article: 209
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Patterns of selective constraints in noncoding DNA of rice
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Xingyi Guo
- Yu Wang
- Longjiang Fan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2007
- Article: 208
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Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Alain Jacob
- Sébastien Nusslé
- Claus Wedekind
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2007
- Article: 207
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Evaluation of the models handling heterotachy in phylogenetic inference
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Yan Zhou
- Nicolas Rodrigue
- Hervé Philippe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2007
- Article: 206
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Emergence and maintenance of functional modules in signaling pathways
Authors
- Orkun S Soyer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2007
- Article: 205
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Post-duplication charge evolution of phosphoglucose isomerases in teleost fishes through weak selection on many amino acid sites
Authors
- Yukuto Sato
- Mutsumi Nishida
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 October 2007
- Article: 204
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The evolution of competition and policing: opposing selection within and among groups
Authors
- Yaniv Brandvain
- Michael J Wade
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 October 2007
- Article: 203
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Similar Levels of X-linked and Autosomal Nucleotide Variation in African and non-African populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nadia D Singh
- J Michael Macpherson
- Dmitri A Petrov
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 October 2007
- Article: 202
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Dicyema Pax6 and Zic: tool-kit genes in a highly simplified bilaterian
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jun Aruga
- Yuri S Odaka
- Hidetaka Furuya
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 October 2007
- Article: 201
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Visual pigments in a living fossil, the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Helena J Bailes
- Wayne L Davies
- Shaun P Collin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 October 2007
- Article: 200