Volume 6, issue 1, December 2006
109 articles in this issue
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Evolution of secretin family GPCR members in the metazoa
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- João CR Cardoso
- Vanda C Pinto
- Deborah M Power
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2006
- Article: 108
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Insights into the evolutionary history of tubercle bacilli as disclosed by genetic rearrangements within a PE_PGRS duplicated gene pair
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Anis Karboul
- Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius
- Helmi Mardassi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2006
- Article: 107
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Fast sequence evolution of Hox and Hox-derived genes in the genus Drosophila
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sònia Casillas
- Bárbara Negre
- Alfredo Ruiz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2006
- Article: 106
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Topology testing of phylogenies using least squares methods
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Aleksandra Czarna
- Rafael Sanjuán
- Borys Wróbel
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 December 2006
- Article: 105
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Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment
Authors
- Sean C Sleight
- Nicholas S Wigginton
- Richard E Lenski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2006
- Article: 104
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Identification of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor orthologue in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal
- Miguel J Gallego
- Craig S Atwood
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2006
- Article: 103
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Genetic differentiation in the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes sp. affinis subarquatus: occurrence of cryptic species revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial markers
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Virginie Roy
- Christine Demanche
- Myriam Harry
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2006
- Article: 102
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The glycolytic pathway of Trimastix pyriformis is an evolutionary mosaic
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Alexandra Stechmann
- Manuela Baumgartner
- Andrew J Roger
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2006
- Article: 101
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Comparing the efficacy of morphologic and DNA-based taxonomy in the freshwater gastropod genus Radix (Basommatophora, Pulmonata)
Authors
- Markus Pfenninger
- Mathilde Cordellier
- Bruno Streit
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2006
- Article: 100
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A fungal phylogeny based on 42 complete genomes derived from supertree and combined gene analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- David A Fitzpatrick
- Mary E Logue
- Geraldine Butler
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2006
- Article: 99
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Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufus of Beza Mahafaly
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Kellie L Heckman
- Emilienne Rasoazanabary
- Anne D Yoder
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2006
- Article: 98
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Short-wavelength sensitive opsin (SWS1) as a new marker for vertebrate phylogenetics
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ilke van Hazel
- Francesco Santini
- Belinda SW Chang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2006
- Article: 97
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Assortative mating and differential male mating success in an ash hybrid zone population
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Pierre R Gérard
- Etienne K Klein
- Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2006
- Article: 96
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Evolution and expansion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE and PPE multigene families and their association with the duplication of the ESAT-6 (esx) gene cluster regions
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius
- Samantha L Sampson
- Robin M Warren
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2006
- Article: 95
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Inteins, introns, and homing endonucleases: recent revelations about the life cycle of parasitic genetic elements
Authors
- J Peter Gogarten
- Elena Hilario
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2006
- Article: 94
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A higher-level MRP supertree of placental mammals
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Robin MD Beck
- Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds
- Andy Purvis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2006
- Article: 93
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Tracking the connection between evolutionary and functional shifts using the fungal lipase/feruloyl esterase A family
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Anthony Levasseur
- Philippe Gouret
- Pierre Pontarotti
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 92
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Tracing the origin of functional and conserved domains in the human proteome: implications for protein evolution at the modular level
Authors
- Lipika R Pal
- Chittibabu Guda
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 91
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Recurring genomic breaks in independent lineages support genomic fragility
Authors
- Hanno Hinsch
- Sridhar Hannenhalli
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 90
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SmTRC1, a novel Schistosoma mansoni DNA transposon, discloses new families of animal and fungi transposons belonging to the CACTA superfamily
Authors
- Ricardo DeMarco
- Thiago M Venancio
- Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 89
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Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis
Authors
- Nicole M Gerardo
- Ulrich G Mueller
- Cameron R Currie
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2006
- Article: 88
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Multi-locus phylogeny of dolphins in the subfamily Lissodelphininae: character synergy improves phylogenetic resolution
Authors
- April D Harlin-Cognato
- Rodney L Honeycutt
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2006
- Article: 87
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Adaptive evolution of Hox-gene homeodomains after cluster duplications
Authors
- Vincent J Lynch
- Jutta J Roth
- Günter P Wagner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2006
- Article: 86
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Molecular polymorphism, differentiation and introgression in the period gene between Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Camila J Mazzoni
- Nataly A Souza
- Alexandre A Peixoto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2006
- Article: 85
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The reach of the genome signature in prokaryotes
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mark WJ van Passel
- Eiko E Kuramae
- Teun Boekhout
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2006
- Article: 84
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Deep mtDNA divergences indicate cryptic species in a fig-pollinating wasp
Authors
- Eleanor R Haine
- Joanne Martin
- James M Cook
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2006
- Article: 83
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Evolution of competence and DNA uptake specificity in the Pasteurellaceae
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Rosemary J Redfield
- Wendy A Findlay
- John HE Nash
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2006
- Article: 82
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Statistical measures for defining an individual's degree of independence within state-dependent dynamic games
Authors
- Sean A Rands
- Rufus A Johnstone
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2006
- Article: 81
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The evolutionary radiation of Arvicolinae rodents (voles and lemmings): relative contribution of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Thomas Galewski
- Marie-ka Tilak
- Emmanuel JP Douzery
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 October 2006
- Article: 80
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Insights into the evolution of the ErbB receptor family and their ligands from sequence analysis
Authors
- Richard A Stein
- James V Staros
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2006
- Article: 79
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Establishment of endolithic populations of extremophilic Cyanidiales (Rhodophyta)
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Hwan Su Yoon
- Claudia Ciniglia
- Debashish Bhattacharya
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2006
- Article: 78
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Complete plastid genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: implications for the phylogenetic relationships of magnoliids
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Zhengqiu Cai
- Cynthia Penaflor
- Robert K Jansen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2006
- Article: 77
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Evolution and origin of vomeronasal-type odorant receptor gene repertoire in fishes
Authors
- Yasuyuki Hashiguchi
- Mutsumi Nishida
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2006
- Article: 76
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Dispersal strategies of phytophagous insects at a local scale: adaptive potential of aphids in an agricultural environment
Authors
- Eric Lombaert
- Roger Boll
- Laurent Lapchin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 October 2006
- Article: 75
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Loss of the flagellum happened only once in the fungal lineage: phylogenetic structure of Kingdom Fungi inferred from RNA polymerase II subunit genes
Authors
- Yajuan J Liu
- Matthew C Hodson
- Benjamin D Hall
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2006
- Article: 74
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Origin of mitochondrial DNA diversity of domestic yaks
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Songchang Guo
- Peter Savolainen
- Jianquan Liu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 September 2006
- Article: 73
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A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen
Authors
- Chris Yesson
- Alastair Culham
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 September 2006
- Article: 72
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Putative cross-kingdom horizontal gene transfer in sponge (Porifera) mitochondria
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Chagai Rot
- Itay Goldfarb
- Dorothée Huchon
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 September 2006
- Article: 71
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Global similarity and local divergence in human and mouse gene co-expression networks
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Panayiotis Tsaparas
- Leonardo Mariño-RamÃrez
- I King Jordan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 September 2006
- Article: 70
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Phase distribution of spliceosomal introns: implications for intron origin
Authors
- Hung D Nguyen
- Maki Yoshihama
- Naoya Kenmochi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 September 2006
- Article: 69
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Interspecific competition between entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema) is modified by their bacterial symbionts (Xenorhabdus)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mathieu Sicard
- Julie Hinsinger
- Catherine Moulia
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 September 2006
- Article: 68
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Thermal plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster: A comparison of geographic populations
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Vincenzo Trotta
- Federico CF Calboli
- Sandro Cavicchi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2006
- Article: 67
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The shape of human gene family phylogenies
Authors
- James A Cotton
- Roderic DM Page
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 August 2006
- Article: 66
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Systematics within Gyps vultures: a clade at risk
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jeff A Johnson
- Heather RL Lerner
- David P Mindell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 August 2006
- Article: 65
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The monosaccharide transporter gene family in land plants is ancient and shows differential subfamily expression and expansion across lineages
Authors
- Deborah A Johnson
- Jeffrey P Hill
- Michael A Thomas
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 August 2006
- Article: 64
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On the origin of microbial ORFans: quantifying the strength of the evidence for viral lateral transfer
Authors
- Yanbin Yin
- Daniel Fischer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2006
- Article: 63
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Retrotranspositions in orthologous regions of closely related grass species
Authors
- Chunguang Du
- Zuzana Swigoňová
- Joachim Messing
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2006
- Article: 62
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Evolutionary constraints on yeast protein size
Authors
- Jonas Warringer
- Anders Blomberg
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2006
- Article: 61
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Phylogenetic analysis of the tenascin gene family: evidence of origin early in the chordate lineage
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- RP Tucker
- K Drabikowski
- JC Adams
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 August 2006
- Article: 60