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BMC Biology - the flagship biology journal of the BMC series - publishes research and methodology articles of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and biomedical sciences. BMC Biology (ISSN 1741-7007) is covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Biology 2009, 7 :1
Following amputation, transcription is initially similar in innervated and denervated axolotl limbs, but without nerves there is a lack of cell proliferation and protracted wound healing takes place instead of regeneration.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :55
Glaciation-driven climate oscillations 1-2 million years ago strongly influenced the diversification of the North American Psoreleeae legumes, showing how global climate change can shape biodiversity.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :54
Custard apple species endemic to East Africa arose during three successive dry periods that separated the West-Central and East African rainforests, giving insights into the origins of biodiversity in these important threatened ecosystems.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :53
The BMC Biology Editorial team reflect on the past five years and how the journal came to receive its impressive debut impact factor of, appropriately, five!
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :52
Comparative analysis of avoidance behavior in six nematode species shows that the ability of ASH neurons to detect noxious stimuli is conserved but that other neurons contribute in some of the species, presumably as a result of evolutionary adaptation.
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Host-symbiont co-speciation and reductive genome evolution in gut symbiotic bacteria of acanthosomatid stinkbugs Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Takahiro Hosokawa, Naruo Nikoh, Xian-Ying Meng, Yoichi Kamagata, Takema Fukatsu BMC Biology 2009, 7 :2 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Microarray and cDNA sequence analysis of transcription during nerve-dependent limb regeneration James R Monaghan, Leonard G Epp, Srikrishna Putta, Robert B Page, John A Walker, Chris K Beachy, Wei Zhu, Gerald M Pao, Inder M Verma, Tony Hunter, Susan V Bryant, David M Gardiner, Timothy T Harkins, Stephen R Voss BMC Biology 2009, 7 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Divergence and diversification in North American Psoraleeae (Fabaceae) due to climate change Ashley N. Egan, Keith A. Crandall BMC Biology 2008, 6 :55 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees Thomas LP Couvreur, Lars W Chatrou, Marc SM Sosef, James E Richardson BMC Biology 2008, 6 :54 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Editorial
BMC Biology turns five Elizabeth C Moylan, Matt J Hodgkinson, Maria Kowalczuk, Scott C Edmunds, Penelope A Webb BMC Biology 2008, 6 :53 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evolution of a polymodal sensory response network Jagan Srinivasan, Omer Durak, Paul W Sternberg BMC Biology 2008, 6 :52 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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An internal ribosome entry site element directs the synthesis of the 80 kDa isoforms of protein 4.1R Eva Lospitao, Carmen M P BMC Biology 2008, 6 :51 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Modulation of social interactions by immune stimulation in honey bee, Apis mellifera , workers F-J Richard, A Aubert, CM Grozinger BMC Biology 2008, 6 :50 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A comprehensive functional analysis of tissue specificity of human gene expression Zoltan Dezso, Yuri Nikolsky, Evgeny Sviridov, Weiwei Shi, Tatiana Serebriyskaya, Damir Dosymbekov, Andrej Bugrim, Eugene Rakhmatulin, Richard Brennan, Alexey Guryanov, Kelly Li, Julie Blake, Raymond Samaha, Tatiana Nikolskaya BMC Biology 2008, 6 :49 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lack of functional alpha-lactalbumin prevents involution in Cape fur seals and identifies the protein as an apoptotic milk factor in mammary gland involution Julie A Sharp, Christophe Lef BMC Biology 2008, 6 :48 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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