Volume 9, issue 1, December 2009
303 articles in this issue
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Identification and dynamics of a beneficial mutation in a long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli
Authors
- Mark T Stanek
- Tim F Cooper
- Richard E Lenski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2009
- Article: 302
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Molecular evolution of the pDo500 satellite DNA family in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae)
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Lene Martinsen
- Federica Venanzetti
- Lutz Bachmann
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 December 2009
- Article: 301
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ITS2 secondary structure improves phylogeny estimation in a radiation of blue butterflies of the subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus)
Authors
- Martin Wiemers
- Alexander Keller
- Matthias Wolf
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 December 2009
- Article: 300
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Molecular evolution of dentin phosphoprotein among toothed and toothless animals
Authors
- Dianalee A McKnight
- Larry W Fisher
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2009
- Article: 299
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Phylogenetic analysis and temporal diversification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) based on nuclear genes and morphology
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Kyanne R Reidenbach
- Shelley Cook
- Nora J Besansky
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2009
- Article: 298
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Progressive colonization and restricted gene flow shape island-dependent population structure in Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Sebastian Steinfartz
- Scott Glaberman
- Adalgisa Caccone
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2009
- Article: 297
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Niche-driven evolution of metabolic and life-history strategies in natural and domesticated populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Aymé Spor
- Thibault Nidelet
- Delphine Sicard
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2009
- Article: 296
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Phylogenomics of the oxidative phosphorylation in fungi reveals extensive gene duplication followed by functional divergence
Authors
- Marina Marcet-Houben
- Giuseppe Marceddu
- Toni Gabaldón
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2009
- Article: 295
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Phylogeography of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus): Marked population structure, Neotropical Pleistocene vicariance and incongruence between nuclear and mtDNA markers
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Felipe M Martins
- Alan R Templeton
- João S Morgante
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2009
- Article: 294
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Relaxin gene family in teleosts: phylogeny, syntenic mapping, selective constraint, andexpression analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Sara V Good-Avila
- Sergey Yegorov
- Brian C Wilson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2009
- Article: 293
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One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmanniaby tending sap-feeding insects
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jennifer J Wernegreen
- Seth N Kauppinen
- Philip S Ward
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2009
- Article: 292
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Molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in the Drosophila ananassaesubgroup
Authors
- Sonja Grath
- John F Baines
- John Parsch
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2009
- Article: 291
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Genetic diversity of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a medicinal fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for its evolution and conservation
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Yongjie Zhang
- Lingling Xu
- Yinglan Guo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2009
- Article: 290
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Demographic costs of inbreeding revealed by sex-specific genetic rescue effects
Authors
- Susanne RK Zajitschek
- Felix Zajitschek
- Robert C Brooks
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2009
- Article: 289
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Genome scan to assess the respective role of host-plant and environmental constraints on the adaptation of a widespread insect
Authors
- Stéphanie Manel
- Cyrille Conord
- Laurence Després
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2009
- Article: 288
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The hydrogenosomes of Psalteriomonas lanterna
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Rob M de Graaf
- Isabel Duarte
- Johannes HP Hackstein
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2009
- Article: 287
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Statistical tests for natural selection on regulatory regions based on the strength of transcription factor binding sites
Authors
- Alan M Moses
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2009
- Article: 286
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Codon usage is associated with the evolutionary age of genes in metazoan genomes
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Yosef Prat
- Menachem Fromer
- Michal Linial
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2009
- Article: 285
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Patterns of contemporary hybridization inferred from paternity analysis in a four-oak-species forest
Authors
- Alexandru L Curtu
- Oliver Gailing
- Reiner Finkeldey
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2009
- Article: 284
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Phenotypic novelty in experimental hybrids is predicted by the genetic distance between species of cichlid fish
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Rike B Stelkens
- Corinne Schmid
- Ole Seehausen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2009
- Article: 283
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Diversity, phylogenetic distribution, and origins of venomous catfishes
Authors
- Jeremy J Wright
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2009
- Article: 282
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Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate
Authors
- Marylène Boulet
- Marie JE Charpentier
- Christine M Drea
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2009
- Article: 281
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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
- Jerome C Regier
- Andreas Zwick
- Charles Mitter
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2009
- Article: 280
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Multiple invasions of Gypsy and Micropia retroelements in genus Zaprionus and melanogaster subgroup of the genus Drosophila
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nathalia de Setta
- Marie-Anne Van Sluys
- Claudia MA Carareto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2009
- Article: 279
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Sexual size dimorphism in the evolutionary context of facultative paedomorphosis: insights from European newts
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mathieu Denoël
- Ana Ivanović
- Miloš L Kalezić
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2009
- Article: 278
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The origin of bmp16, a novel Bmp2/4relative, retained in teleost fish genomes
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nathalie Feiner
- Gerrit Begemann
- Shigehiro Kuraku
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2009
- Article: 277
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Genomic signatures of local directional selection in a high gene flow marine organism; the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Einar E Nielsen
- Jakob Hemmer-Hansen
- Gary R Carvalho
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2009
- Article: 276
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Comparative study of human mitochondrial proteome reveals extensive protein subcellular relocalization after gene duplications
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Xiujuan Wang
- Yong Huang
- Xun Gu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2009
- Article: 275
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Understanding the HIV coreceptor switch from a dynamical perspective
Authors
- Christel Kamp
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2009
- Article: 274
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Natural selection drives the fine-scale divergence of a coevolutionary arms race involving a long-mouthed weevil and its obligate host plant
Authors
- Hirokazu Toju
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2009
- Article: 273
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Phylogenomic analyses predict sistergroup relationship of nucleariids and Fungi and paraphyly of zygomycetes with significant support
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Yu Liu
- Emma T Steenkamp
- B Franz Lang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2009
- Article: 272
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The evolution of Brassica napus FLOWERING LOCUST paralogues in the context of inverted chromosomal duplication blocks
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Jing Wang
- Yan Long
- Jinling Meng
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2009
- Article: 271
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Neurogenesis suggests independent evolution of opercula in serpulid polychaetes
Authors
- Nora Brinkmann
- Andreas Wanninger
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2009
- Article: 270
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Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tobias L Lenz
- Konstans Wells
- Simone Sommer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2009
- Article: 269
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Convergent evolution, habitat shifts and variable diversification rates in the ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae)
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Martin Irestedt
- Jon Fjeldså
- Per GP Ericson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2009
- Article: 268
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Diversification of the cullin family
Authors
- Ignacio MarÃn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 November 2009
- Article: 267
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Phylogenomic analysis of the cystatin superfamily in eukaryotes and prokaryotes
Authors
- Dušan Kordiš
- Vito Turk
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 November 2009
- Article: 266
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Ribosomal protein L10 is encoded in the mitochondrial genome of many land plants and green algae
Authors
- Jeffrey P Mower
- Linda Bonen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2009
- Article: 265
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Genome wide evolutionary analyses reveal serotype specific patterns of positive selection in selected Salmonella serotypes
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- YeÅŸim Soyer
- Renato H Orsi
- Martin Wiedmann
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2009
- Article: 264
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Rapid radiation in spiny lobsters (Palinurus spp) as revealed by classic and ABC methods using mtDNA and microsatellite data
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ferran Palero
- Joao Lopes
- Mark A Beaumont
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2009
- Article: 263
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Asymmetric introgression between sympatric molestus and pipiens forms of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Comporta region, Portugal
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Bruno Gomes
- Carla A Sousa
- João Pinto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2009
- Article: 262
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Plant chemical defence: a partner control mechanism stabilising plant - seed-eating pollinator mutualisms
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sébastien Ibanez
- Christiane Gallet
- Laurence Després
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2009
- Article: 261
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Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Daniel B Sloan
- Bengt Oxelman
- Douglas R Taylor
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2009
- Article: 260
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Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Helen J Chatterjee
- Simon YW Ho
- Colin Groves
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2009
- Article: 259
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Genomic taxonomy of vibrios
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Cristiane C Thompson
- Ana Carolina P Vicente
- Fabiano L Thompson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2009
- Article: 258
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Relatedness facilitates cooperation in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus tentoriicola
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jasmin Ruch
- Lisa Heinrich
- Jutta M Schneider
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2009
- Article: 257
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Nme protein family evolutionary history, a vertebrate perspective
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Thomas Desvignes
- Pierre Pontarotti
- Julien Bobe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 October 2009
- Article: 256
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Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Michael E Alfaro
- Chad D Brock
- Peter C Wainwright
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 October 2009
- Article: 255
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Hsp-90 and the biology of nematodes
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nik AIIN Him
- Victoria Gillan
- Eileen Devaney
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 October 2009
- Article: 254