| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Careful with understudied phyla: The case of chaetognath Ferdinand Marlétaz and Yannick Le Parco BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 251. Published online 2008 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-251.PMCID: PMC2566580 Database A phylogenomic profile of hemerythrins, the nonheme diiron binding respiratory proteins Xavier Bailly, Stefano Vanin, Christine Chabasse, Kenji Mizuguchi, and Serge N Vinogradov BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 244. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-244.PMCID: PMC2556348 Software PhyloSort: a user-friendly phylogenetic sorting tool and its application to estimating the cyanobacterial contribution to the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas Ahmed Moustafa and Debashish Bhattacharya BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-6.PMCID: PMC2254586 PhyloFinder: An intelligent search engine for phylogenetic tree databases Duhong Chen, J Gordon Burleigh, Mukul S Bansal, and David Fernández-Baca BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 90. Published online 2008 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-90.PMCID: PMC2362120 ReXSpecies – a tool for the analysis of the evolution of gene regulation across species Stephan Struckmann, Marcos J Araúzo-Bravo, Hans R Schöler, Rolland A Reinbold, and Georg Fuellen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 111. Published online 2008 April 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-111.PMCID: PMC2346469 Exploring historical trends using taxonomic name metadata Indra Neil Sarkar, Ryan Schenk, and Catherine N Norton BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 144. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-144.PMCID: PMC2408592 Non-homogeneous models of sequence evolution in the Bio++ suite of libraries and programs Julien Dutheil and Bastien Boussau BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 255. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-255.PMCID: PMC2559849 LineageSpecificSeqgen: generating sequence data with lineage-specific variation in the proportion of variable sites Liat Shavit Grievink, David Penny, Mike D Hendy, and Barbara R Holland BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 317. Published online 2008 November 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-317.PMCID: PMC2613921 Research Articles Prezygotic reproductive isolation between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus Calum J Maclean and Duncan Greig BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-1.PMCID: PMC2249576 Coordinated evolution of co-expressed gene clusters in the Drosophila transcriptome Jason G Mezey, Sergey V Nuzhdin, Fangfei Ye, and Corbin D Jones BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-2.PMCID: PMC2266709 Environmental induction and phenotypic retention of adaptive maternal effects Alexander V Badyaev and Kevin P Oh BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-3.PMCID: PMC2231342 Purifying selection and birth-and-death evolution in the class II hydrophobin gene families of the ascomycete Trichoderma/Hypocrea Christian P Kubicek, Scott Baker, Christian Gamauf, Charles M Kenerley, and Irina S Druzhinina BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-4.PMCID: PMC2253510 Evidence for divergent selection between the molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae: role of predation Abdoulaye Diabaté, Roch K Dabiré, Kyle Heidenberger, Jacob Crawford, William O Lamp, Lauren E Culler, and Tovi Lehmann BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-5.PMCID: PMC2217532 Evolution of mal ABC transporter operons in the Thermococcales and Thermotogales Kenneth M Noll, Pascal Lapierre, J Peter Gogarten, and Dhaval M Nanavati BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-7.PMCID: PMC2246101 Molecular evolution of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5A gene in primates Monica Uddin, Juan C Opazo, Derek E Wildman, Chet C Sherwood, Patrick R Hof, Morris Goodman, and Lawrence I Grossman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-8.PMCID: PMC2241769 The amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) genome contains a highly diversified set of G protein-coupled receptors Karl JV Nordström, Robert Fredriksson, and Helgi B Schiöth BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-9.PMCID: PMC2246102 Inbreeding depression in Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae), a species with a plastic self-incompatibility response Jorge I Mena-Ali, Lidewij H Keser, and Andrew G Stephenson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-10.PMCID: PMC2244599 Comparisons of mutation rate variation at genome-wide microsatellites: evolutionary insights from two cultivated rice and their wild relatives Li-zhi Gao and Hongyan Xu BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-11.PMCID: PMC2241587 Giant viruses, giant chimeras: The multiple evolutionary histories of Mimivirus genes David Moreira and Céline Brochier-Armanet BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-12.PMCID: PMC2263039 Ancestral feeding state of ruminants reconsidered: earliest grazing adaptation claims a mixed condition for Cervidae Daniel DeMiguel, Mikael Fortelius, Beatriz Azanza, and Jorge Morales BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-13.PMCID: PMC2270802 Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes Hwan Su Yoon, Jessica Grant, Yonas I Tekle, Min Wu, Benjamin C Chaon, Jeffrey C Cole, John M Logsdon, Jr, David J Patterson, Debashish Bhattacharya, and Laura A Katz BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-14.PMCID: PMC2249577 Quantitative genetic analysis of life-history traits of Caenorhabditis elegans in stressful environments Simon C Harvey, Alison Shorto, and Mark E Viney BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-15.PMCID: PMC2267162 Bioinformatic analysis of the neprilysin (M13) family of peptidases reveals complex evolutionary and functional relationships Nicholas D Bland, John W Pinney, Josie E Thomas, Anthony J Turner, and R Elwyn Isaac BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-16.PMCID: PMC2259306 A genome-wide screen for noncoding elements important in primate evolution Eliot C Bush and Bruce T Lahn BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-17.PMCID: PMC2242780 IS4 family goes genomic Daniel De Palmenaer, Patricia Siguier, and Jacques Mahillon BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-18.PMCID: PMC2266710 hsp70 genes in the human genome: Conservation and differentiation patterns predict a wide array of overlapping and specialized functions Luciano Brocchieri, Everly Conway de Macario, and Alberto JL Macario BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-19.PMCID: PMC2266713 Bird evolution: testing the Metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes Mary Morgan-Richards, Steve A Trewick, Anna Bartosch-Härlid, Olga Kardailsky, Matthew J Phillips, Patricia A McLenachan, and David Penny BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-20.PMCID: PMC2259304 Phylogeography and Demographic History of Chinese Black-Spotted Frog Populations (Pelophylax nigromaculata): Evidence for Independent Refugia Expansion and Secondary Contact Hua Zhang, Jie Yan, Guoqiang Zhang, and Kaiya Zhou BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-21.PMCID: PMC2262875 The impact of horizontal gene transfer in shaping operons and protein interaction networks – direct evidence of preferential attachment Wagied Davids and Zhaolei Zhang BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-23.PMCID: PMC2259305 Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge Leucetta chagosensis (Leucettidae): Founder effects, vicariance, or both? Gert Wörheide, Laura S Epp, and Luciana Macis BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-24.PMCID: PMC2267160 Molecular adaptation and expression evolution following duplication of genes for organellar ribosomal protein S13 in rosids Shao-Lun Liu and Keith Adams BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-25.PMCID: PMC2258280 Evolution of a family of metazoan active-site-serine enzymes from penicillin-binding proteins: a novel facet of the bacterial legacy Nina Peitsaro, Zydrune Polianskyte, Jarno Tuimala, Isabella Pörn-Ares, Julius Liobikas, Oliver Speer, Dan Lindholm, James Thompson, and Ove Eriksson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-26.PMCID: PMC2266909 Evolution of sexual mimicry in the orchid subtribe orchidinae: the role of preadaptations in the attraction of male bees as pollinators Florian P Schiestl and Salvatore Cozzolino BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-27.PMCID: PMC2267782 Assortative mating and fragmentation within dog breeds Susanne Björnerfeldt, Frank Hailer, Maria Nord, and Carles Vilà BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-28.PMCID: PMC2266708 Parasitism, life history traits and immune defence in cyprinid fish from Central Europe Andrea Šimková, Thomas Lafond, Markéta Ondračková, Pavel Jurajda, Eva Ottová, and Serge Morand BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-29.PMCID: PMC2270801 The cyanobacterial endosymbiont of the unicellular algae Rhopalodia gibba shows reductive genome evolution Christoph Kneip, Christine Voβ, Peter J Lockhart, and Uwe G Maier BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-30.PMCID: PMC2246100 The origin of a novel gene through overprinting in Escherichia coli Luis Delaye, Alexander DeLuna, Antonio Lazcano, and Arturo Becerra BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-31.PMCID: PMC2268670 Climate-driven diversification in two widespread Galerida larks Alban Guillaumet, Pierre-André Crochet, and Jean-Marc Pons BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-32.PMCID: PMC2275783 Independent Origins of New Sex-Linked Chromosomes in the melanica and robusta Species Groups of Drosophila Sergio V Flores, Amy L Evans, and Bryant F McAllister BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-33.PMCID: PMC2268673 Experimental demonstration of ecological character displacement Jabus G Tyerman, Melanie Bertrand, Christine C Spencer, and Michael Doebeli BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-34.PMCID: PMC2267161 Divergent adaptation promotes reproductive isolation among experimental populations of the filamentous fungus Neurospora Jeremy R Dettman, James B Anderson, and Linda M Kohn BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-35.PMCID: PMC2270261 Dynamics and evolution of the inverted repeat-large single copy junctions in the chloroplast genomes of monocots Rui-Jiang Wang, Chiao-Lei Cheng, Ching-Chun Chang, Chun-Lin Wu, Tian-Mu Su, and Shu-Miaw Chaw BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-36.PMCID: PMC2275221 Genetic variation for parental effects on the propensity to gregarise in Locusta migratoria Marie-Pierre Chapuis, Arnaud Estoup, Arnaud Augé-Sabatier, Antoine Foucart, Michel Lecoq, and Yannis Michalakis BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-37.PMCID: PMC2276201 From speciation to introgressive hybridization: the phylogeographic structure of an island subspecies of termite, Reticulitermes lucifugus corsicus Thomas Lefebvre, Nicolas Châline, Denis Limousin, Simon Dupont, and Anne-Geneviève Bagnères BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-38.PMCID: PMC2262054 Sulfate assimilation in eukaryotes: fusions, relocations and lateral transfers Nicola J Patron, Dion G Durnford, and Stanislav Kopriva BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-39.PMCID: PMC2275785 The evolutionary history of sharp- and blunt-snouted lenok (Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773)) and its implications for the paleo-hydrological history of Siberia Elsa Froufe, Sergey Alekseyev, Paulo Alexandrino, and Steven Weiss BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-40.PMCID: PMC2275220 Identification of the Otopetrin Domain, a conserved domain in vertebrate otopetrins and invertebrate otopetrin-like family members Inna Hughes, Jonathan Binkley, Belen Hurle, Eric D Green, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Arend Sidow, and David M Ornitz BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-41.PMCID: PMC2268672 A genomic view of the NOD-like receptor family in teleost fish: identification of a novel NLR subfamily in zebrafish Kerry J Laing, Maureen K Purcell, James R Winton, and John D Hansen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-42.PMCID: PMC2268669 Duplicate gene evolution and expression in the wake of vertebrate allopolyploidization Frédéric JJ Chain, Dora Ilieva, and Ben J Evans BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-43.PMCID: PMC2275784 Slipins: ancient origin, duplication and diversification of the stomatin protein family Jasper B Green and J Peter W Young BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-44.PMCID: PMC2258279 Mitochondrial DNA structure in the Arabian Peninsula Khaled K Abu-Amero, José M Larruga, Vicente M Cabrera, and Ana M González BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-45.PMCID: PMC2268671 Rapid bursts of androgen-binding protein (Abp) gene duplication occurred independently in diverse mammals Christina M Laukaitis, Andreas Heger, Tyler D Blakley, Pavel Munclinger, Chris P Ponting, and Robert C Karn BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-46.PMCID: PMC2291036 Phenotypic plasticity or speciation? A case from a clonal marine organism Carlos Prada, Nikolaos V Schizas, and Paul M Yoshioka BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 47. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-47.PMCID: PMC2275222 Structural and functional diversification in the teleost S100 family of calcium-binding proteins Andreas M Kraemer, Luis R Saraiva, and Sigrun I Korsching BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-48.PMCID: PMC2266712 Distinct migratory and non-migratory ecotypes of an endemic New Zealand eleotrid (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) – implications for incipient speciation in island freshwater fish species Christian Michel, Brendan J Hicks, Kai N Stölting, Andrew C Clarke, Mark I Stevens, Ray Tana, Axel Meyer, and Michael R van den Heuvel BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-49.PMCID: PMC2270262 Mining metadata from unidentified ITS sequences in GenBank: A case study in Inocybe (Basidiomycota) Martin Ryberg, R Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Mats Töpel, Stig Jacobsson, and Ellen Larsson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-50.PMCID: PMC2275786 The emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs when the qualities of individuals differ Sean A Rands, Guy Cowlishaw, Richard A Pettifor, J Marcus Rowcliffe, and Rufus A Johnstone BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 51. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-51.PMCID: PMC2276478 Epigenetic inheritance based evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria Mike Adam, Bhuvana Murali, Nicole O Glenn, and S Steven Potter BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-52.PMCID: PMC2262874 Correlates of substitution rate variation in mammalian protein-coding sequences John J Welch, Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds, and Lindell Bromham BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 53. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-53.PMCID: PMC2289806 Opossum carboxylesterases: sequences, phylogeny and evidence for CES gene duplication events predating the marsupial-eutherian common ancestor Roger S Holmes, Jeannie Chan, Laura A Cox, William J Murphy, and John L VandeBerg BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 54. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-54.PMCID: PMC2266714 Wolbachia transmission dynamics in Formica wood ants Lumi Viljakainen, Max Reuter, and Pekka Pamilo BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 55. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-55.PMCID: PMC2277377 Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: Mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives Matthias Stöck, Alessandra Sicilia, Natalia M Belfiore, David Buckley, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Mario Lo Valvo, and Marco Arculeo BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-56.PMCID: PMC2276203 From sea to land and beyond – New insights into the evolution of euthyneuran Gastropoda (Mollusca) Annette Klussmann-Kolb, Angela Dinapoli, Kerstin Kuhn, Bruno Streit, and Christian Albrecht BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 57. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-57.PMCID: PMC2287175 Phylogenetic position of the langur genera Semnopithecus and Trachypithecus among Asian colobines, and genus affiliations of their species groups Martin Osterholz, Lutz Walter, and Christian Roos BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 58. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-58.PMCID: PMC2268674 Signals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilis Patricia M Mirol, Jarkko Routtu, Anneli Hoikkala, and Roger K Butlin BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 59. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-59.PMCID: PMC2276204 Daphnia Halloween genes that encode cytochrome P450s mediating the synthesis of the arthropod molting hormone: Evolutionary implications Kim F Rewitz and Lawrence I Gilbert BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 60. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-60.PMCID: PMC2276477 Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements Cristina Grande, José Templado, and Rafael Zardoya BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 61. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-61.PMCID: PMC2291457 Muller's Ratchet and compensatory mutation in Caenorhabditis briggsae mitochondrial genome evolution Dana K Howe and Dee R Denver BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 62. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-62.PMCID: PMC2279117 Non-equilibrium estimates of gene flow inferred from nuclear genealogies suggest that Iberian and North African wall lizards (Podarcis spp.) are an assemblage of incipient species Catarina Pinho, D James Harris, and Nuno Ferrand BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 63. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-63.PMCID: PMC2277379 The evolution of genome size in ants Neil D Tsutsui, Andrew V Suarez, Joseph C Spagna, and J Spencer Johnston BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 64. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-64.PMCID: PMC2268675 Comparative genome mapping of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) reveals greater similarity to rat (Rattus norvegicus) than to the lab mouse (Mus musculus) Clifton M Ramsdell, Adrienne A Lewandowski, Julie L Weston Glenn, Paul B Vrana, Rachel J O'Neill, and Michael J Dewey BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 65. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-65.PMCID: PMC2266908 Evolutionary dynamics of molecular markers during local adaptation: a case study in Drosophila subobscura Pedro Simões, Marta Pascual, Josiane Santos, Michael R Rose, and Margarida Matos BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 66. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-66.PMCID: PMC2266711 Identification of multiple independent horizontal gene transfers into poxviruses using a comparative genomics approach Kirsten A Bratke and Aoife McLysaght BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 67. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-67.PMCID: PMC2268676 The evolution of body size under environmental gradients in ectotherms: why should Bergmann's rule apply to lizards? Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, David J Hodgson, and Tom Tregenza BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 68. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-68.PMCID: PMC2268677 Molecular evolution of rDNA in early diverging Metazoa: First comparative analysis and phylogenetic application of complete SSU rRNA secondary structures in Porifera Oliver Voigt, Dirk Erpenbeck, and Gert Wörheide BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 69. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-69.PMCID: PMC2289807 Unusual accelerated rate of deletions and insertions in toxin genes in the venom glands of the pygmy copperhead (Austrelaps labialis) from kangaroo island Robin Doley, Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tram, Md Abu Reza, and R Manjunatha Kini BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 70. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-70.PMCID: PMC2287176 Barking up the wrong tree: Modern northern European dogs fail to explain their origin Helena Malmström, Carles Vilà, M Thomas P Gilbert, Jan Storå, Eske Willerslev, Gunilla Holmlund, and Anders Götherström BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 71. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-71.PMCID: PMC2288593 Molecular evolution and functional divergence of the bestrophin protein family Vladimir M Milenkovic, Thomas Langmann, Rainer Schreiber, Karl Kunzelmann, and Bernhard HF Weber BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 72. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-72.PMCID: PMC2292144 Cranial bone morphometric study among mouse strains Minoru Kawakami and Ken-ichi Yamamura BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 73. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-73.PMCID: PMC2287174 Complex signatures of selection for the melanogenic loci TYR, TYRP1 and DCT in humans Santos Alonso, Neskuts Izagirre, Isabel Smith-Zubiaga, Jesús Gardeazabal, José Luís Díaz-Ramón, José Luís Díaz-Pérez, Diana Zelenika, María Dolores Boyano, Nico Smit, and Concepción de la Rúa BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 74. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-74.PMCID: PMC2292700 X-chromosome SNP analyses in 11 human Mediterranean populations show a high overall genetic homogeneity except in North-west Africans (Moroccans) Carmen Tomas, Juan J Sanchez, Anna Barbaro, Conxita Brandt-Casadevall, Alexis Hernandez, Mohamed Ben Dhiab, Misericordia Ramon, and Niels Morling BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 75. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-75.PMCID: PMC2315647 The evolutionary costs of immunological maintenance and deployment Kurt A McKean, Christopher P Yourth, Brian P Lazzaro, and Andrew G Clark BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 76. Published online 2008 March 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-76.PMCID: PMC2292698 Birth-death prior on phylogeny and speed dating Örjan Åkerborg, Bengt Sennblad, and Jens Lagergren BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 77. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-77.PMCID: PMC2270800 Detecting the molecular scars of evolution in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by analyzing interrupted coding sequences Caroline Deshayes, Emmanuel Perrodou, Daniel Euphrasie, Eric Frapy, Olivier Poch, Pablo Bifani, Odile Lecompte, and Jean-Marc Reyrat BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 78. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-78.PMCID: PMC2277376 The molecular evolution of four anti-malarial immune genes in the Anopheles gambiae species complex Aristeidis Parmakelis, Michel A Slotman, Jonathon C Marshall, Parfait H Awono-Ambene, Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Frederic Simard, Adalgisa Caccone, and Jeffrey R Powell BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 79. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-79.PMCID: PMC2288592 Parasite-mediated disruptive selection in a natural Daphnia population Meghan A Duffy, Chad E Brassil, Spencer R Hall, Alan J Tessier, Carla E Cáceres, and Jeffrey K Conner BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 80. Published online 2008 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-80.PMCID: PMC2276202 Single mitochondrial gene barcodes reliably identify sister-species in diverse clades of birds Erika S Tavares and Allan J Baker BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 81. Published online 2008 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-81.PMCID: PMC2279116 Gene expression analysis of the ovary of hybrid females of Xenopus laevis and X. muelleri John H Malone and Pawel Michalak BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 82. Published online 2008 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-82.PMCID: PMC2330042 Revealing pancrustacean relationships: Phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal protein genes places Collembola (springtails) in a monophyletic Hexapoda and reinforces the discrepancy between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers MJTN Timmermans, D Roelofs, J Mariën, and NM van Straalen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 83. Published online 2008 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-83.PMCID: PMC2315649 Gene flow rise with habitat fragmentation in the bog fritillary butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Gabriel Nève, Bernard Barascud, Henri Descimon, and Michel Baguette BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 84. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-84.PMCID: PMC2329611 Experimental evolution and genome sequencing reveal variation in levels of clonal interference in large populations of bacteriophage X174 Kim M Pepin and Holly A Wichman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 85. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-85.PMCID: PMC2292699 General functions to transform associate data to host data, and their use in phylogenetic inference from sequences with intra-individual variability Markus Göker and Guido W Grimm BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 86. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-86.PMCID: PMC2291458 Intergeneric transfer of ribosomal genes between two fungi Jiatao Xie, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang, Guoqing Li, Junbin Huang, Bo Li, Tom Hsiang, and Youliang Peng BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 87. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-87.PMCID: PMC2277378 Quantifying the threat of extinction from Muller's ratchet in the diploid Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) Laurence Loewe and Dunja K Lamatsch BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 88. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-88.PMCID: PMC2292145 Selection against tandem splice sites affecting structured protein regions Michael Hiller, Karol Szafranski, Klaus Huse, Rolf Backofen, and Matthias Platzer BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 89. Published online 2008 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-89.PMCID: PMC2279118 Molecular evolution of dimeric α-amylase inhibitor genes in wild emmer wheat and its ecological association Ji-Rui Wang, Yu-Ming Wei, Xiang-Yu Long, Ze-Hong Yan, Eviatar Nevo, Bernard R Baum, and You-Liang Zheng BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 91. Published online 2008 March 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-91.PMCID: PMC2324104 The evolution of core proteins involved in microRNA biogenesis Dennis Murphy, Barry Dancis, and James R Brown BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 92. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-92.PMCID: PMC2287173 Sequence and organization of coelacanth neurohypophysial hormone genes: Evolutionary history of the vertebrate neurohypophysial hormone gene locus Pai-Chung Gwee, Chris T Amemiya, Sydney Brenner, and Byrappa Venkatesh BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 93. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-93.PMCID: PMC2315648 Differences in the selection response of serially repeated color pattern characters: Standing variation, development, and evolution Cerisse E Allen, Patrícia Beldade, Bas J Zwaan, and Paul M Brakefield BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 94. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-94.PMCID: PMC2322975 Using ESTs for phylogenomics: Can one accurately infer a phylogenetic tree from a gappy alignment? Stefanie Hartmann and Todd J Vision BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 95. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-95.PMCID: PMC2359737 Evolution of the DAZ gene and the AZFc region on primate Y chromosomes Yueh-Hsiang Yu, Yi-Wen Lin, Jane-Fang Yu, Werner Schempp, and Pauline H Yen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 96. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-96.PMCID: PMC2322974 Influence of continental history on the ecological specialization and macroevolutionary processes in the mammalian assemblage of South America: Differences between small and large mammals Ana Moreno Bofarull, Antón Arias Royo, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Edgardo Ortiz-Jaureguizar, and Jorge Morales BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 97. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-97.PMCID: PMC2330041 Gene flow persists millions of years after speciation in Heliconius butterflies Marcus R Kronforst BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 98. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-98.PMCID: PMC2322973 Both selective and neutral processes drive GC content evolution in the human genome Uberto Pozzoli, Giorgia Menozzi, Matteo Fumagalli, Matteo Cereda, Giacomo P Comi, Rachele Cagliani, Nereo Bresolin, and Manuela Sironi BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 99. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-99.PMCID: PMC2292697 Cophylogeny of the anther smut fungi and their caryophyllaceous hosts: Prevalence of host shifts and importance of delimiting parasite species for inferring cospeciation Guislaine Refrégier, Mickaël Le Gac, Florian Jabbour, Alex Widmer, Jacqui A Shykoff, Roxana Yockteng, Michael E Hood, and Tatiana Giraud BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 100. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-100.PMCID: PMC2324105 The phylogeny of the mammalian heme peroxidases and the evolution of their diverse functions Noeleen B Loughran, Brendan O'Connor, Ciarán Ó'Fágáin, and Mary J O'Connell BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 101. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-101.PMCID: PMC2315650 Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Malagasy tenrecs: Influence of data partitioning and taxon sampling on dating analyses Céline Poux, Ole Madsen, Julian Glos, Wilfried W de Jong, and Miguel Vences BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 102. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-102.PMCID: PMC2330147 Evolution of pharmacologic specificity in the pregnane X receptor Sean Ekins, Erica J Reschly, Lee R Hagey, and Matthew D Krasowski BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 103. Published online 2008 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-103.PMCID: PMC2358886 Costs and benefits of multiple resistance to insecticides for Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes Claire Berticat, Julien Bonnet, Stéphane Duchon, Philip Agnew, Mylène Weill, and Vincent Corbel BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 104. Published online 2008 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-104.PMCID: PMC2359736 GPR50 is the mammalian ortholog of Mel1c: Evidence of rapid evolution in mammals Laurence Dufourny, Anthony Levasseur, Martine Migaud, Isabelle Callebaut, Pierre Pontarotti, Benoit Malpaux, and Philippe Monget BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 105. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-105.PMCID: PMC2323367 Reducing the false positive rate in the non-parametric analysis of molecular coevolution Francisco M Codoñer, Shirley O'Dea, and Mario A Fares BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 106. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-106.PMCID: PMC2362121 Phylogenetic distribution of large-scale genome patchiness José L Oliver, Pedro Bernaola-Galván, Michael Hackenberg, and Pedro Carpena BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 107. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-107.PMCID: PMC2397391 Consistent and contrasting properties of lineage-specific genes in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Theileria Chih-Horng Kuo and Jessica C Kissinger BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 108. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-108.PMCID: PMC2330040 The evolutionary trajectory of the mating-type (mat) genes in Neurospora relates to reproductive behavior of taxa Lotta Wik, Magnus Karlsson, and Hanna Johannesson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 109. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-109.PMCID: PMC2335104 The genome of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus contains a series of viral DNA pieces, suggesting an ancient association with large dsDNA viruses Nicolas Delaroque and Wilhelm Boland BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 110. Published online 2008 April 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-110.PMCID: PMC2373305 The evolution of protostome GATA factors: Molecular phylogenetics, synteny, and intron/exon structure reveal orthologous relationships William Q Gillis, Bruce A Bowerman, and Stephan Q Schneider BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 112. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-112.PMCID: PMC2383905 Directional and balancing selection in human beta-defensins Edward J Hollox and John AL Armour BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 113. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-113.PMCID: PMC2373304 Diversification and adaptive sequence evolution of Caenorhabditis lysozymes (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) Hinrich Schulenburg and Claudia Boehnisch BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 114. Published online 2008 April 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-114.PMCID: PMC2383907 Roots of angiosperm formins: The evolutionary history of plant FH2 domain-containing proteins Michal Grunt, Viktor Žárský, and Fatima Cvrčková BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 115. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-115.PMCID: PMC2386819 Evidence of a chimeric genome in the cyanobacterial ancestor of plastids Jeferson Gross, Jörg Meurer, and Debashish Bhattacharya BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 117. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-117.PMCID: PMC2412073 A theoretical quantitative genetic study of negative ecological interactions and extinction times in changing environments Adam G Jones BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 119. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-119.PMCID: PMC2386129 Evolution of the insect Sox genes Megan J Wilson and Peter K Dearden BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 120. Published online 2008 April 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-120.PMCID: PMC2386450 DNA from extinct giant lemurs links archaeolemurids to extant indriids Ludovic Orlando, Sébastien Calvignac, Céline Schnebelen, Christophe J Douady, Laurie R Godfrey, and Catherine Hänni BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 121. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-121.PMCID: PMC2386821 Hybridization produces novelty when the mapping of form to function is many to one Nicholas F Parnell, C Darrin Hulsey, and J Todd Streelman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 122. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-122.PMCID: PMC2386449 Polymorphism at the apical membrane antigen 1 locus reflects the world population history of Plasmodium vivax Priscila Grynberg, Cor Jesus F Fontes, Austin L Hughes, and Érika M Braga BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 123. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-123.PMCID: PMC2394524 Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype K Mathias Wegner, Martin Kalbe, Manfred Milinski, and Thorsten BH Reusch BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 124. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-124.PMCID: PMC2386451 On the potential for extinction by Muller's Ratchet in Caenorhabditis elegans Laurence Loewe and Asher D Cutter BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 125. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-125.PMCID: PMC2408595 Coral kin aggregations exhibit mixed allogeneic reactions and enhanced fitness during early ontogeny Keren-Or Amar, Nanette E Chadwick, and Baruch Rinkevich BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 126. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-126.PMCID: PMC2391163 Gene Structure Evolution of the Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger (NCX) Family Caly On, Christian R Marshall, Nansheng Chen, Christopher D Moyes, and Glen F Tibbits BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 127. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-127.PMCID: PMC2408596 Experimental manipulation of immune-mediated disease and its fitness costs for rodent malaria parasites Gráinne H Long, Brian HK Chan, Judith E Allen, Andrew F Read, and Andrea L Graham BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 128. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-128.PMCID: PMC2391164 The repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis N Kamesh, Gopala K Aradhyam, and Narayanan Manoj BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 129. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-129.PMCID: PMC2396169 The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: an unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates Skip R McCoy, Jennifer V Kuehl, Jeffrey L Boore, and Linda A Raubeson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 130. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-130.PMCID: PMC2386820 The metazoan history of the COE transcription factors. Selection of a variant HLH motif by mandatory inclusion of a duplicated exon in vertebrates Virginie Daburon, Sébastien Mella, Jean-Louis Plouhinec, Sylvie Mazan, Michèle Crozatier, and Alain Vincent BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 131. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-131.PMCID: PMC2394523 Gene flow and the genealogical history of Heliconius heurippa Camilo Salazar, Chris D Jiggins, Jesse E Taylor, Marcus R Kronforst, and Mauricio Linares BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 132. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-132.PMCID: PMC2391162 Selection dramatically reduces effective population size in HIV-1 infection Yi Liu and John E Mittler BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 133. Published online 2008 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-133.PMCID: PMC2396635 The spread of incompatibility-inducing parasites in sub-divided host populations Max Reuter, Laurent Lehmann, and Frédéric Guillaume BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 134. Published online 2008 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-134.PMCID: PMC2396168 Oldest record of Trimeniaceae from the Early Cretaceous of northern Japan Toshihiro Yamada, Harufumi Nishida, Masayoshi Umebayashi, Kazuhiko Uemura, and Masahiro Kato BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 135. Published online 2008 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-135.PMCID: PMC2390519 Unexpected diversity of cnidarian integrins: expression during coral gastrulation Brent A Knack, Akira Iguchi, Chuya Shinzato, David C Hayward, Eldon E Ball, and David J Miller BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 136. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-136.PMCID: PMC2397394 Reproductive isolation, evolutionary distinctiveness and setting conservation priorities: The case of European lake whitefish and the endangered North Sea houting (Coregonus spp.) Michael M Hansen, Dylan J Fraser, Thomas D Als, and Karen-Lise D Mensberg BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 137. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-137.PMCID: PMC2396634 Microsatellite evolution: Mutations, sequence variation, and homoplasy in the hypervariable avian microsatellite locus HrU10 Jarl A Anmarkrud, Oddmund Kleven, Lutz Bachmann, and Jan T Lifjeld BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 138. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-138.PMCID: PMC2396632 Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic parasite, Polypodium hydriforme, within the Phylum Cnidaria Nathaniel M Evans, Alberto Lindner, Ekaterina V Raikova, Allen G Collins, and Paulyn Cartwright BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 139. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-139.PMCID: PMC2396633 The relative nature of fertilization success: Implications for the study of post-copulatory sexual selection Francisco García-González BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 140. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-140.PMCID: PMC2408597 Multilocus analysis of introgression between two sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis Camila J Mazzoni, Alejandra S Araki, Gabriel EM Ferreira, Renata VDM Azevedo, Guido Barbujani, and Alexandre A Peixoto BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 141. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-141.PMCID: PMC2413237 RPS4Y gene family evolution in primates Olga Andrés, Thomas Kellermann, Francesc López-Giráldez, Julio Rozas, Xavier Domingo-Roura, and Montserrat Bosch BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 142. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-142.PMCID: PMC2397393 Evolution of testicular architecture in the Drosophilidae: A role for sperm length Lukas Schärer, Jean-Luc Da Lage, and Dominique Joly BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 143. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-143.PMCID: PMC2396631 AFLP analysis reveals a lack of phylogenetic structure within Solanum section Petota Mirjam MJ Jacobs, Ronald G van den Berg, Vivianne GAA Vleeshouwers, Marcel Visser, Rolf Mank, Mariëlle Sengers, Roel Hoekstra, and Ben Vosman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 145. Published online 2008 May 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-145.PMCID: PMC2413236 Paternal genetic affinity between western Austronesians and Daic populations Hui Li, Bo Wen, Shu-Juo Chen, Bing Su, Patcharin Pramoonjago, Yangfan Liu, Shangling Pan, Zhendong Qin, Wenhong Liu, Xu Cheng, Ningning Yang, Xin Li, Dinhbinh Tran, Daru Lu, Mu-Tsu Hsu, Ranjan Deka, Sangkot Marzuki, Chia-Chen Tan, and Li Jin BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 146. Published online 2008 May 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-146.PMCID: PMC2408594 Unraveling the evolutionary history of the phosphoryl-transfer chain of the phosphoenolpyruvate:phosphotransferase system through phylogenetic analyses and genome context Iñaki Comas, Fernando González-Candelas, and Manuel Zúñiga BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 147. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-147.PMCID: PMC2405797 The Xenopus FcR family demonstrates continually high diversification of paired receptors in vertebrate evolution Sergey V Guselnikov, Thaminda Ramanayake, Aleksandra Y Erilova, Ludmila V Mechetina, Alexander M Najakshin, Jacques Robert, and Alexander V Taranin BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 148. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-148.PMCID: PMC2413239 Testing a hypothesis of unidirectional hybridization in plants: Observations on Sonneratia, Bruguiera and Ligularia Renchao Zhou, Xun Gong, David Boufford, Chung-I Wu, and Suhua Shi BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 149. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-149.PMCID: PMC2409324 Tracing early stages of species differentiation: Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of Galápagos sea lion populations Jochen BW Wolf, Chris Harrod, Sylvia Brunner, Sandie Salazar, Fritz Trillmich, and Diethard Tautz BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 150. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-150.PMCID: PMC2408593 Origins of a cyanobacterial 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in plastid-lacking eukaryotes Shinichiro Maruyama, Kazuharu Misawa, Mineo Iseki, Masakatsu Watanabe, and Hisayoshi Nozaki BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 151. Published online 2008 May 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-151.PMCID: PMC2416651 Landforms predict phylogenetic structure on one of the world's most ancient surfaces Mitzy Pepper, Paul Doughty, Richard Arculus, and J Scott Keogh BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 152. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-152.PMCID: PMC2397392 Origins of asexuality in Bryobia mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) Vera ID Ros, Johannes AJ Breeuwer, and Steph BJ Menken BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 153. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-153.PMCID: PMC2426695 Evidence against the energetic cost hypothesis for the short introns in highly expressed genes Yi-Fei Huang and Deng-Ke Niu BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 154. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-154.PMCID: PMC2424036 Bending for love: losses and gains of sexual dimorphisms are strictly correlated with changes in the mounting position of sepsid flies (Sepsidae: Diptera) Nalini Puniamoorthy, Kathy Feng-Yi Su, and Rudolf Meier BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 155. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-155.PMCID: PMC2409323 Nucleotide diversity in the mitochondrial and nuclear compartments of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: investigating the origins of genome architecture David Roy Smith and Robert W Lee BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 156. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-156.PMCID: PMC2412866 Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity in the Caribbean Luiz A Rocha, Claudia R Rocha, D Ross Robertson, and Brian W Bowen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 157. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-157.PMCID: PMC2423375 The prevalence of genome replacement in unisexual salamanders of the genus Ambystoma (Amphibia, Caudata) revealed by nuclear gene genealogy Ke Bi, James P Bogart, and Jinzhong Fu BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 158. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-158.PMCID: PMC2413238 Molecular evolution of Cide family proteins: Novel domain formation in early vertebrates and the subsequent divergence Congyang Wu, Yinxin Zhang, Zhirong Sun, and Peng Li BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 159. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-159.PMCID: PMC2426694 Integration, heterochrony, and adaptation in pedal digits of syndactylous marsupials Vera Weisbecker and Maria Nilsson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 160. Published online 2008 May 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-160.PMCID: PMC2430710 Evolutionary history of the endangered fish Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis (Bean, 1898) (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) using a sequential approach to phylogeography based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data Omar Domínguez-Domínguez, Fernando Alda, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, José Luis García-Garitagoitia, and Ignacio Doadrio BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 161. Published online 2008 May 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-161.PMCID: PMC2435552 Resolution among major placental mammal interordinal relationships with genome data imply that speciation influenced their earliest radiations Björn M Hallström and Axel Janke BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 162. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-162.PMCID: PMC2435553 Evolution of the CDKN1C-KCNQ1 imprinted domain Eleanor I Ager, Andrew J Pask, Helen M Gehring, Geoff Shaw, and Marilyn B Renfree BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 163. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-163.PMCID: PMC2427030 Genetic hitchhiking in a subdivided population of Mytilus edulis Matthieu F Faure, Patrice David, François Bonhomme, and Nicolas Bierne BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 164. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-164.PMCID: PMC2459173 Extreme primary and secondary protein structure variability in the chimeric male-transmitted cytochrome c oxidase subunit II protein in freshwater mussels: Evidence for an elevated amino acid substitution rate in the face of domain-specific purifying selection Eric G Chapman, Helen Piontkivska, Jennifer M Walker, Donald T Stewart, Jason P Curole, and Walter R Hoeh BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 165. Published online 2008 May 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-165.PMCID: PMC2430956 Developmental expression of the alpha-skeletal actin gene Laura D Bertola, Elisabeth B Ott, Sander Griepsma, Freek J Vonk, and Christoph P Bagowski BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 166. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-166.PMCID: PMC2443135 Mutation patterns of mtDNA: Empirical inferences for the coding region Cristina Santos, Rafael Montiel, Adriana Arruda, Luis Alvarez, Maria Pilar Aluja, and Manuela Lima BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 167. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-167.PMCID: PMC2438339 Unique motifs identify PIG-A proteins from glycosyltransferases of the GT4 family Nupur Oswal, Narinder Singh Sahni, Alok Bhattacharya, Sneha Sudha Komath, and Rohini Muthuswami BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 168. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-168.PMCID: PMC2446393 Phylogenetic studies of the genus Cebus (Cebidae-Primates) using chromosome painting and G-banding PJS Amaral, LFM Finotelo, EHC De Oliveira, A Pissinatti, CY Nagamachi, and JC Pieczarka BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 169. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-169.PMCID: PMC2435554 atonal- and achaete-scute-related genes in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii: insights into the evolution of neural basic-Helix-Loop-Helix genes Elena Simionato, Pierre Kerner, Nicolas Dray, Martine Le Gouar, Valérie Ledent, Detlev Arendt, and Michel Vervoort BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 170. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-170.PMCID: PMC2435551 Comparative genomics of Lbx loci reveals conservation of identical Lbx ohnologs in bony vertebrates Karl R Wotton, Frida K Weierud, Susanne Dietrich, and Katharine E Lewis BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 171. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-171.PMCID: PMC2446394 Dopamine receptor genetic polymorphisms and body composition in undernourished pastoralists: An exploration of nutrition indices among nomadic and recently settled Ariaal men of northern Kenya Dan TA Eisenberg, Benjamin Campbell, Peter B Gray, and Michael D Sorenson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 173. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-173.PMCID: PMC2440754 Genetic evidence from Indian red jungle fowl corroborates multiple domestication of modern day chicken Sriramana Kanginakudru, Muralidhar Metta, RD Jakati, and J Nagaraju BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 174. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-174.PMCID: PMC2474866 The tiny Hairless protein from Apis mellifera: a potent antagonist of Notch signaling in Drosophila melanogaster Dieter Maier, Anna X Chen, Anette Preiss, and Manuela Ketelhut BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 175. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-175.PMCID: PMC2440387 Evolution of C2H2-zinc finger genes and subfamilies in mammals: Species-specific duplication and loss of clusters, genes and effector domains Hamsa D Tadepally, Gertraud Burger, and Muriel Aubry BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 176. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-176.PMCID: PMC2443715 The medaka novel immune-type receptor (NITR) gene clusters reveal an extraordinary degree of divergence in variable domains Salil Desai, Amy K Heffelfinger, Timothy M Orcutt, Gary W Litman, and Jeffrey A Yoder BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 177. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-177.PMCID: PMC2442602 Diversification of myco-heterotrophic angiosperms: Evidence from Burmanniaceae Vincent Merckx, Lars W Chatrou, Benny Lemaire, Moses N Sainge, Suzy Huysmans, and Erik F Smets BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 178. Published online 2008 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-178.PMCID: PMC2492876 Evolution of a behavior-linked microsatellite-containing element in the 5' flanking region of the primate AVPR1A gene Zoe R Donaldson, Fyodor A Kondrashov, Andrea Putnam, Yaohui Bai, Tara L Stoinski, Elizabeth AD Hammock, and Larry J Young BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 180. Published online 2008 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-180.PMCID: PMC2483724 Evidence of recent interkingdom horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and Candida parapsilosis David A Fitzpatrick, Mary E Logue, and Geraldine Butler BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 181. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-181.PMCID: PMC2459174 Male-biased genes are overrepresented among novel Drosophila pseudoobscura sex-biased genes Muralidhar Metta and Christian Schlötterer BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 182. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-182.PMCID: PMC2443716 Identification of geographically distributed sub-populations of Leishmania (Leishmania) major by microsatellite analysis Amer Al-Jawabreh, Stephanie Diezmann, Michaela Müller, Thierry Wirth, Lionel F Schnur, Margarita V Strelkova, Dmitri A Kovalenko, Shavkat A Razakov, Jan Schwenkenbecher, Katrin Kuhls, and Gabriele Schönian BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 183. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-183.PMCID: PMC2447845 Early vertebrate chromosome duplications and the evolution of the neuropeptide Y receptor gene regions Tomas A Larsson, Frida Olsson, Gorel Sundstrom, Lars-Gustav Lundin, Sydney Brenner, Byrappa Venkatesh, and Dan Larhammar BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 184. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-184.PMCID: PMC2453138 On the nature of fur evolution: A phylogenetic approach in Actinobacteria Catarina L Santos, João Vieira, Fernando Tavares, David R Benson, Louis S Tisa, Alison M Berry, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, and Philippe Normand BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 185. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-185.PMCID: PMC2464607 Measuring the prevalence of regional mutation rates: an analysis of silent substitutions in mammals, fungi, and insects Aleah K Fox, Brian B Tuch, and Jeffrey H Chuang BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 186. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-186.PMCID: PMC2447844 The genetic architecture of susceptibility to parasites Lena Wilfert and Paul Schmid-Hempel BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 187. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-187.PMCID: PMC2446395 Evolutionary analyses of KCNQ1 and HERG voltage-gated potassium channel sequences reveal location-specific susceptibility and augmented chemical severities of arrhythmogenic mutations Heather A Jackson and Eric A Accili BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 188. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-188.PMCID: PMC2483723 Color signaling in conspicuous red sticklebacks: do ultraviolet signals surpass others? Ingolf P Rick and Theo CM Bakker BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 189. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-189.PMCID: PMC2453139 Evolution of SET-domain protein families in the unicellular and multicellular Ascomycota fungi Chendhore S Veerappan, Zoya Avramova, and Etsuko N Moriyama BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 190. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-190.PMCID: PMC2474616 Timing and deciphering mitochondrial DNA macro-haplogroup R0 variability in Central Europe and Middle East Anita Brandstätter, Bettina Zimmermann, Janine Wagner, Tanja Göbel, Alexander W Röck, Antonio Salas, Angel Carracedo, and Walther Parson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 191. Published online 2008 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-191.PMCID: PMC2491632 Adaptive evolution of SCML1 in primates, a gene involved in male reproduction Hai-hui Wu and Bing Su BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 192. Published online 2008 July 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-192.PMCID: PMC2459175 Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes Frank E Rheindt, Les Christidis, and Janette A Norman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 193. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-193.PMCID: PMC2467406 Genetic tests of ancient asexuality in Root Knot Nematodes reveal recent hybrid origins David H Lunt BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 194. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-194.PMCID: PMC2478646 High divergence in primate-specific duplicated regions: Human and chimpanzee Chorionic Gonadotropin Beta genes Pille Hallast, Janna Saarela, Aarno Palotie, and Maris Laan BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 195. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-195.PMCID: PMC2478647 Accelerated exchange of exon segments in Viperid three-finger toxin genes (Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii; Desert Massasauga) Robin Doley, Susanta Pahari, Stephen P Mackessy, and R Manjunatha Kini BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 196. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-196.PMCID: PMC2474615 Tracing the colonization history of the Indian Ocean scops-owls (Strigiformes: Otus) with further insight into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna Jérôme Fuchs, Jean-Marc Pons, Steven M Goodman, Vincent Bretagnolle, Martim Melo, Rauri CK Bowie, David Currie, Roger Safford, Munir Z Virani, Simon Thomsett, Alawi Hija, Corinne Cruaud, and Eric Pasquet BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 197. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-197.PMCID: PMC2483963 The origin and evolution of plant cystatins and their target cysteine proteinases indicate a complex functional relationship Manuel Martinez and Isabel Diaz BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 198. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-198.PMCID: PMC2474614 Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily Emilie Lecompte, Ken Aplin, Christiane Denys, François Catzeflis, Marion Chades, and Pascale Chevret BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 199. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-199.PMCID: PMC2490707 Protein evolution of ANTP and PRD homeobox genes Nuno A Fonseca, Cristina P Vieira, Peter WH Holland, and Jorge Vieira BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 200. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-200.PMCID: PMC2491631 Complex population genetic and demographic history of the Salangid, Neosalanx taihuensis, based on cytochrome b sequences Liang Zhao, Jie Zhang, Zhijin Liu, Stephan M Funk, Fuwen Wei, Muqi Xu, and Ming Li BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 201. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-201.PMCID: PMC2483725 Using supernetworks to distinguish hybridization from lineage-sorting Barbara R Holland, Steffi Benthin, Peter J Lockhart, Vincent Moulton, and Katharina T Huber BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 202. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-202.PMCID: PMC2500029 Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes Burkhard Becker, Kerstin Hoef-Emden, and Michael Melkonian BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 203. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-203.PMCID: PMC2490706 Nuptial gifts fail to resolve a sexual conflict in an insect Nina Wedell, Tom Tregenza, and Leigh W Simmons BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 204. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-204.PMCID: PMC2491630 Molecular phylogeny of diplomonads and enteromonads based on SSU rRNA, alpha-tubulin and HSP90 genes: Implications for the evolutionary history of the double karyomastigont of diplomonads Martin Kolisko, Ivan Cepicka, Vladimir Hampl, Jessica Leigh, Andrew J Roger, Jaroslav Kulda, Alastair GB Simpson, and Jaroslav Flegr BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 205. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-205.PMCID: PMC2496913 Enzyme phylogenies as markers for the oxidation state of the environment: The case of respiratory arsenate reductase and related enzymes Simon Duval, Anne-Lise Ducluzeau, Wolfgang Nitschke, and Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 206. Published online 2008 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-206.PMCID: PMC2500031 Topology of evolving, mutagenized viral populations: quasispecies expansion, compression, and operation of negative selection Samuel Ojosnegros, Rubén Agudo, Macarena Sierra, Carlos Briones, Saleta Sierra, Claudia González- López, Esteban Domingo, and Juan Cristina BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 207. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-207.PMCID: PMC2515104 Differences in evolutionary pressure acting within highly conserved ortholog groups Teresa M Przytycka, Raja Jothi, L Aravind, and David J Lipman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 208. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-208.PMCID: PMC2488352 Regionally and climatically restricted patterns of distribution of genetic diversity in a migratory bat species, Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) Raşit Bilgin, Ahmet Karataş, Emrah Çoraman, Todd Disotell, and Juan Carlos Morales BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 209. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-209.PMCID: PMC2483726 The molecular basis of color vision in colorful fish: Four Long Wave-Sensitive (LWS) opsins in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are defined by amino acid substitutions at key functional sites Matthew N Ward, Allison M Churcher, Kevin J Dick, Chris RJ Laver, Greg L Owens, Megan D Polack, Pam R Ward, Felix Breden, and John S Taylor BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 210. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-210.PMCID: PMC2527612 The cost of wobble translation in fungal mitochondrial genomes: integration of two traditional hypotheses Xuhua Xia BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 211. Published online 2008 July 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-211.PMCID: PMC2488353 A new perspective on phylogeny and evolution of tetraodontiform fishes (Pisces: Acanthopterygii) based on whole mitochondrial genome sequences: Basal ecological diversification? Yusuke Yamanoue, Masaki Miya, Keiichi Matsuura, Masaya Katoh, Harumi Sakai, and Mutsumi Nishida BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 212. Published online 2008 July 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-212.PMCID: PMC2500030 Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba Isabel Mendizabal, Karla Sandoval, Gemma Berniell-Lee, Francesc Calafell, Antonio Salas, Antonio Martínez-Fuentes, and David Comas BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 213. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-213.PMCID: PMC2492877 Phylogenetic analyses suggest multiple changes of substrate specificity within the Glycosyl hydrolase 20 family Jari Intra, Giulio Pavesi, and David S Horner BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 214. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-214.PMCID: PMC2492878 Mitogenomic evaluation of the historical biogeography of cichlids toward reliable dating of teleostean divergences Yoichiro Azuma, Yoshinori Kumazawa, Masaki Miya, Kohji Mabuchi, and Mutsumi Nishida BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 215. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-215.PMCID: PMC2496912 Genetic evidence links invasive monk parakeet populations in the United States to the international pet trade Michael A Russello, Michael L Avery, and Timothy F Wright BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 217. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-217.PMCID: PMC2517076 ITS2 data corroborate a monophyletic chlorophycean DO-group (Sphaeropleales) Alexander Keller, Tina Schleicher, Frank Förster, Benjamin Ruderisch, Thomas Dandekar, Tobias Müller, and Matthias Wolf BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 218. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-218.PMCID: PMC2519086 An amphioxus orthologue of the estrogen receptor that does not bind estradiol: Insights into estrogen receptor evolution Mathilde Paris, Katarina Pettersson, Michael Schubert, Stephanie Bertrand, Ingemar Pongratz, Hector Escriva, and Vincent Laudet BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 219. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-219.PMCID: PMC2529310 Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary Johannes Krause, Tina Unger, Aline Noçon, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Mathias Stiller, Leopoldo Soibelzon, Helen Spriggs, Paul H Dear, Adrian W Briggs, Sarah CE Bray, Stephen J O'Brien, Gernot Rabeder, Paul Matheus, Alan Cooper, Montgomery Slatkin, Svante Pääbo, and Michael Hofreiter BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 220. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-220.PMCID: PMC2518930 Tracing the first steps of American sturgeon pioneers in Europe Arne Ludwig, Ursula Arndt, Sebastian Lippold, Norbert Benecke, Lutz Debus, Timothy L King, and Shuichi Matsumura BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 221. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-221.PMCID: PMC2527320 On the origins of arrestin and rhodopsin Carlos E Alvarez BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 222. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-222.PMCID: PMC2515105 Selection shapes malaria genomes and drives divergence between pathogens infecting hominids versus rodents Franck Prugnolle, Kate McGee, Jon Keebler, and Philip Awadalla BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 223. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-223.PMCID: PMC2529309 Conflicting selection pressures on synonymous codon use in yeast suggest selection on mRNA secondary structures Nina Stoletzki BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 224. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-224.PMCID: PMC2533328 Genomic analysis of the TRIM family reveals two groups of genes with distinct evolutionary properties Marco Sardiello, Stefano Cairo, Bianca Fontanella, Andrea Ballabio, and Germana Meroni BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 225. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-225.PMCID: PMC2533329 Identification and characterization of novel human tissue-specific RFX transcription factors Syed Aftab, Lucie Semenec, Jeffrey Shih-Chieh Chu, and Nansheng Chen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 226. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-226.PMCID: PMC2533330 Phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup R7 in the Indian peninsula Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Monika Karmin, Ene Metspalu, Mait Metspalu, Deepa Selvi-Rani, Vijay Kumar Singh, Jüri Parik, Anu Solnik, B Prathap Naidu, Ajay Kumar, Niharika Adarsh, Chandana Basu Mallick, Bhargav Trivedi, Swami Prakash, Ramesh Reddy, Parul Shukla, Sanjana Bhagat, Swati Verma, Samiksha Vasnik, Imran Khan, Anshu Barwa, Dipti Sahoo, Archana Sharma, Mamoon Rashid, Vishal Chandra, Alla G Reddy, Antonio Torroni, Robert A Foley, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Lalji Singh, Toomas Kivisild, and Richard Villems BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 227. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-227.PMCID: PMC2529308 The evolutionary origin of the Runx/CBFbeta transcription factors – Studies of the most basal metazoans James C Sullivan, Daniel Sher, Miriam Eisenstein, Katsuya Shigesada, Adam M Reitzel, Heather Marlow, Ditsa Levanon, Yoram Groner, John R Finnerty, and Uri Gat BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 228. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-228.PMCID: PMC2527000 Comparative genomic assessment of Multi-Locus Sequence Typing: rapid accumulation of genomic heterogeneity among clonal isolates of Campylobacter jejuni Eduardo N Taboada, Joanne M MacKinnon, Christian C Luebbert, Victor PJ Gannon, John HE Nash, and Kris Rahn BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 229. Published online 2008 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-229.PMCID: PMC2527321 The earliest settlers' antiquity and evolutionary history of Indian populations: evidence from M2 mtDNA lineage Satish Kumar, PBSV Padmanabham, Rajasekhara R Ravuri, Kiran Uttaravalli, Padmaja Koneru, P Aditi Mukherjee, B Das, M Kotal, D Xaviour, SY Saheb, and VR Rao BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 230. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-230.PMCID: PMC2528015 Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus Robert C McBride, C Brandon Ogbunugafor, and Paul E Turner BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 231. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-231.PMCID: PMC2518931 Duplications and functional divergence of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genes in plants Nikolaos Georgelis, Edward L Braun, and L Curtis Hannah BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 232. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-232.PMCID: PMC2529307 Genome-wide analyses reveal lineage specific contributions of positive selection and recombination to the evolution of Listeria monocytogenes Renato H Orsi, Qi Sun, and Martin Wiedmann BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 233. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-233.PMCID: PMC2532693 Distribution of the transposable elements bilbo and gypsy in original and colonizing populations of Drosophila subobscura María Pilar García Guerreiro, Blanca E Chávez-Sandoval, Joan Balanyà, Lluís Serra, and Antonio Fontdevila BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 234. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-234.PMCID: PMC2533020 Drift by drift: effective population size is limited by advection John P Wares and James M Pringle BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 235. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-235.PMCID: PMC2536672 Male sexual ornament size is positively associated with reproductive morphology and enhanced fertility in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni David W Rogers, Matthew Denniff, Tracey Chapman, Kevin Fowler, and Andrew Pomiankowski BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 236. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-236.PMCID: PMC2562384 A DNA and morphology based phylogenetic framework of the ant genus Lasius with hypotheses for the evolution of social parasitism and fungiculture Munetoshi Maruyama, Florian M Steiner, Christian Stauffer, Toshiharu Akino, Ross H Crozier, and Birgit C Schlick-Steiner BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 237. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-237.PMCID: PMC2542377 The coevolution of cooperation and dispersal in social groups and its implications for the emergence of multicellularity Michael E Hochberg, Daniel J Rankin, and Michael Taborsky BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 238. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-238.PMCID: PMC2533331 Genetic structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite Eric A Hoffman, Jennifer L Kovacs, and Michael AD Goodisman BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 239. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-239.PMCID: PMC2533669 The dynamic evolutionary history of the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) in the Caribbean revealed by a multigene analysis Eva Bellemain, Eldredge Bermingham, and Robert E Ricklefs BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 240. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-240.PMCID: PMC2533019 Molecular evolution of the keratin associated protein gene family in mammals, role in the evolution of mammalian hair Dong-Dong Wu, David M Irwin, and Ya-Ping Zhang BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 241. Published online 2008 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-241.PMCID: PMC2528016 Sexual conflict and consistency of offspring desertion in Eurasian penduline tit Remiz pendulinus Ákos Pogány, István Szentirmai, Jan Komdeur, and Tamás Székely BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 242. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-242.PMCID: PMC2535784 Male-killing endosymbionts: influence of environmental conditions on persistence of host metapopulation Dries Bonte, Thomas Hovestadt, and Hans-Joachim Poethke BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 243. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-243.PMCID: PMC2546409 Tracking the evolution of a cold stress associated gene family in cold tolerant grasses Simen R Sandve, Heidi Rudi, Torben Asp, and Odd Arne Rognli BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 245. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-245.PMCID: PMC2542378 Hen's teeth with enamel cap: from dream to impossibility Jean-Yves Sire, Sidney C Delgado, and Marc Girondot BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 246. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-246.PMCID: PMC2542379 Metabolic innovations towards the human lineage Shiri Freilich, Leon Goldovsky, Christos A Ouzounis, and Janet M Thornton BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 247. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-247.PMCID: PMC2553087 Meta-population structure in a coral reef fish demonstrated by genetic data on patterns of migration, extinction and re-colonisation Line K Bay, M Julian M Caley, and Ross H Crozier BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 248. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-248.PMCID: PMC2553088 Testing whether macroevolution follows microevolution: Are colour differences among swans (Cygnus) attributable to variation at the MC1R locus? Marie A Pointer and Nicholas I Mundy BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 249. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-249.PMCID: PMC2553801 Ancestry and evolution of a secretory pathway serpin Abhishek Kumar and Hermann Ragg BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 250. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-250.PMCID: PMC2556349 Genetic structuring and migration patterns of Atlantic bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Elena G Gonzalez, Peter Beerli, and Rafael Zardoya BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 252. Published online 2008 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-252.PMCID: PMC2559848 Molecular evidence for the evolution of ichnoviruses from ascoviruses by symbiogenesis Yves Bigot, Sylvie Samain, Corinne Augé-Gouillou, and Brian A Federici BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 253. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-253.PMCID: PMC2567993 Phylogenetic and chromosomal analyses of multiple gene families syntenic with vertebrate Hox clusters Görel Sundström, Tomas A Larsson, and Dan Larhammar BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 254. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-254.PMCID: PMC2566581 Evidence for positive selection acting on microcystin synthetase adenylation domains in three cyanobacterial genera Ave Tooming-Klunderud, David P Fewer, Thomas Rohrlack, Jouni Jokela, Leo Rouhiainen, Kaarina Sivonen, Tom Kristensen, and Kjetill S Jakobsen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 256. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-256.PMCID: PMC2564945 Accelerated evolutionary rates in tropical and oceanic parmelioid lichens (Ascomycota) H Thorsten Lumbsch, Andrew L Hipp, Pradeep K Divakar, Oscar Blanco, and Ana Crespo BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 257. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-257.PMCID: PMC2564941 Evolutionary history of the alpha2,8-sialyltransferase (ST8Sia) gene family: Tandem duplications in early deuterostomes explain most of the diversity found in the vertebrate ST8Sia genes Anne Harduin-Lepers, Daniel Petit, Rosella Mollicone, Philippe Delannoy, Jean-Michel Petit, and Rafael Oriol BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 258. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-258.PMCID: PMC2564942 Structural and functional divergence of two fish aquaporin-1 water channels following teleost-specific gene duplication Angèle Tingaud-Sequeira, François Chauvigné, Mercedes Fabra, Juanjo Lozano, Demetrio Raldúa, and Joan Cerdà BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 259. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-259.PMCID: PMC2564943 Ultraconserved coding regions outside the homeobox of mammalian Hox genes Zhenguo Lin, Hong Ma, and Masatoshi Nei BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 260. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-260.PMCID: PMC2566984 Identification and analysis of evolutionary selection pressures acting at the molecular level in five forkhead subfamilies Christina D Fetterman, Bruce Rannala, and Michael A Walter BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 261. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-261.PMCID: PMC2570691 A stochastic version of the Price equation reveals the interplay of deterministic and stochastic processes in evolution Sean H Rice BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 262. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-262.PMCID: PMC2577117 Chromosomal evolution of the PKD1 gene family in primates Stefan Kirsch, Juanjo Pasantes, Andreas Wolf, Nadia Bogdanova, Claudia Münch, Petra Pennekamp, Michael Krawczak, Bernd Dworniczak, and Werner Schempp BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 263. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-263.PMCID: PMC2564946 Phylogenetic patterns and conservation among North American members of the genus Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) James B Pettengill and Maile C Neel BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 264. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-264.PMCID: PMC2564944 Gene conversion and purifying selection of a placenta-specific ERV-V envelope gene during simian evolution Anders L Kjeldbjerg, Palle Villesen, Lars Aagaard, and Finn Skou Pedersen BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 266. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-266.PMCID: PMC2567338 Prebiotic replicase evolution in a surface-bound metabolic system: parasites as a source of adaptive evolution Balázs Könnyű, Tamás Czárán, and Eörs Szathmáry BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 267. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-267.PMCID: PMC2575217 D- and L-lactate dehydrogenases during invertebrate evolution Melania E Cristescu, David J Innes, Jonathon H Stillman, and Teresa J Crease BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 268. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-268.PMCID: PMC2570690 Evolutionary analysis of the highly dynamic CHEK2 duplicon in anthropoids Claudia Münch, Stefan Kirsch, António MG Fernandes, and Werner Schempp BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 269. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-269.PMCID: PMC2566985 Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera Marjorie A Liénard, Maria Strandh, Erik Hedenström, Tomas Johansson, and Christer Löfstedt BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 270. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-270.PMCID: PMC2584044 Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone? Miloš Macholán, Stuart JE Baird, Pavel Munclinger, Petra Dufková, Barbora Bímová, and Jaroslav Piálek BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 271. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-271.PMCID: PMC2576241 Accounting for horizontal gene transfers explains conflicting hypotheses regarding the position of aquificales in the phylogeny of Bacteria Bastien Boussau, Laurent Guéguen, and Manolo Gouy BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 272. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-272.PMCID: PMC2584045 The role of positive selection in determining the molecular cause of species differences in disease Jessica J Vamathevan, Samiul Hasan, Richard D Emes, Heather Amrine-Madsen, Dilip Rajagopalan, Simon D Topp, Vinod Kumar, Michael Word, Mark D Simmons, Steven M Foord, Philippe Sanseau, Ziheng Yang, and Joanna D Holbrook BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 273. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-273.PMCID: PMC2576240 The evolution of TEP1, an exceptionally polymorphic immunity gene in Anopheles gambiae Darren J Obbard, Deborah M Callister, Francis M Jiggins, Dinesh C Soares, Guiyun Yan, and Tom J Little BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 274. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-274.PMCID: PMC2576239 Relationships of gag-pol diversity between Ty3/Gypsy and Retroviridae LTR retroelements and the three kings hypothesis Carlos Llorens, Mario A Fares, and Andres Moya BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 276. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-276.PMCID: PMC2577118 Lineage specific recombination rates and microevolution in Listeria monocytogenes Henk C den Bakker, Xavier Didelot, Esther D Fortes, Kendra K Nightingale, and Martin Wiedmann BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 277. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-277.PMCID: PMC2576243 The IGS-ETS in Bacillus (Insecta Phasmida): molecular characterization and the relevance of sex in ribosomal DNA evolution Andrea Ricci, Valerio Scali, and Marco Passamonti BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 278. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-278.PMCID: PMC2590618 The Caenorhabditis globin gene family reveals extensive nematode-specific radiation and diversification David Hoogewijs, Sasha De Henau, Sylvia Dewilde, Luc Moens, Marjolein Couvreur, Gaetan Borgonie, Serge N Vinogradov, Scott W Roy, and Jacques R Vanfleteren BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 279. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-279.PMCID: PMC2576238 Unique genes in plants: specificities and conserved features throughout evolution David Armisén, Alain Lecharny, and Sébastien Aubourg BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 280. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-280.PMCID: PMC2576244 Genetic hitchhiking can promote the initial spread of strong altruism Mauro Santos and Eörs Szathmáry BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 281. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-281.PMCID: PMC2580771 Signatures of selection in natural populations adapted to chronic pollution Larissa M Williams and Marjorie F Oleksiak BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 282. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-282.PMCID: PMC2570689 Intraspecific divergence in sperm morphology of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: implications for selection in broadcast spawners Mollie K Manier and Stephen R Palumbi BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 283. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-283.PMCID: PMC2613923 The effect of genetic robustness on evolvability in digital organisms Santiago F Elena and Rafael Sanjuán BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 284. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-284.PMCID: PMC2588588 Just how versatile are domains? January Weiner, 3rd, Andrew D Moore, and Erich Bornberg-Bauer BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 285. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-285.PMCID: PMC2588589 The Bet v 1 fold: an ancient, versatile scaffold for binding of large, hydrophobic ligands Christian Radauer, Peter Lackner, and Heimo Breiteneder BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 286. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-286.PMCID: PMC2577659 The evolution of prompt reaction to adverse ties Sven Van Segbroeck, Francisco C Santos, Ann Nowé, Jorge M Pacheco, and Tom Lenaerts BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 287. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-287.PMCID: PMC2576237 Molecular evolution of bovine Toll-like receptor 2 suggests substitutions of functional relevance Oliver C Jann, Dirk Werling, Jung-Su Chang, David Haig, and Elizabeth J Glass BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 288. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-288.PMCID: PMC2588590 Evolution of nonstop, no-go and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and their termination factor-derived components Gemma C Atkinson, Sandra L Baldauf, and Vasili Hauryliuk BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 290. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-290.PMCID: PMC2613156 Genes of the most conserved WOX clade in plants affect root and flower development in Arabidopsis Yves Deveaux, Claire Toffano-Nioche, Gaelle Claisse, Vincent Thareau, Halima Morin, Patrick Laufs, Hervé Moreau, Martin Kreis, and Alain Lecharny BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 291. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-291.PMCID: PMC2584047 The promastigote surface antigen gene family of the Leishmania parasite: differential evolution by positive selection and recombination Alain Devault and Anne-Laure Bañuls BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 292. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-292.PMCID: PMC2584048 Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two species of Dictyostelium Chandra N Jack, Julia G Ridgeway, Natasha J Mehdiabadi, Emily I Jones, Tracy A Edwards, David C Queller, and Joan E Strassmann BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 293. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-293.PMCID: PMC2579437 Evolutionary history of histone demethylase families: distinct evolutionary patterns suggest functional divergence Xiaofan Zhou and Hong Ma BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 294. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-294.PMCID: PMC2579438 The genetic architecture of fitness in a seed beetle: assessing the potential for indirect genetic benefits of female choice T Bilde, U Friberg, AA Maklakov, JD Fry, and G Arnqvist BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 295. Published online 2008 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-295.PMCID: PMC2596129 Island selection on mammalian life-histories: genetic differentiation in offspring size Tapio Mappes, Alessandro Grapputo, Harri Hakkarainen, Esa Huhta, Esa Koskela, Raimo Saunanen, and Petri Suorsa BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 296. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-296.PMCID: PMC2584046 A homogenous nature of native Chinese duck matrilineal pool Da-Qian He, Qing Zhu, Shi-Yi Chen, Hui-Ying Wang, Yi-Ping Liu, and Yong-Gang Yao BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 298. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-298.PMCID: PMC2586638 Factors affecting the concordance between orthologous gene trees and species tree in bacteria Santiago Castillo-Ramírez and Víctor González BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 300. Published online 2008 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-300.PMCID: PMC2614993 Phylogeography and genetic diversity of a widespread Old World butterfly, Lampides boeticus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) David J Lohman, Djunijanti Peggie, Naomi E Pierce, and Rudolf Meier BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 301. Published online 2008 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-301.PMCID: PMC2613918 Gypsy endogenous retrovirus maintains potential infectivity in several species of Drosophilids Jose V Llorens, Jonathan B Clark, Isabel Martínez-Garay, Sirena Soriano, Rosa de Frutos, and María J Martínez-Sebastián BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 302. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-302.PMCID: PMC2585583 Sex dependent imprinting effects on complex traits in mice Reinmar Hager, James M Cheverud, Larry J Leamy, and Jason B Wolf BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 303. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-303.PMCID: PMC2605465 Evolutionary conservation of dual Sec translocases in the cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa Fumie Yusa, Jürgen M Steiner, and Wolfgang Löffelhardt BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 304. Published online 2008 November 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-304.PMCID: PMC2600650 Evolutionary history of the UCP gene family: gene duplication and selection Joseph Hughes and Francois Criscuolo BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 306. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-306.PMCID: PMC2584656 Molecular evolution of synonymous codon usage in Populus Pär K Ingvarsson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 307. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-307.PMCID: PMC2586637 Group I introns and associated homing endonuclease genes reveals a clinal structure for Porphyra spiralis var. amplifolia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) along the Eastern coast of South America Daniela Milstein, Mariana C Oliveira, Felipe M Martins, and Sergio R Matioli BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 308. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-308.PMCID: PMC2585584 Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards Adam Skinner, Michael SY Lee, and Mark N Hutchinson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 310. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-310.PMCID: PMC2596130 Sox genes in the coral Acropora millepora: divergent expression patterns reflect differences in developmental mechanisms within the Anthozoa Chuya Shinzato, Akira Iguchi, David C Hayward, Ulrich Technau, Eldon E Ball, and David J Miller BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 311. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-311.PMCID: PMC2613919 The tree of genomes: An empirical comparison of genome-phylogeny reconstruction methods Angela McCann, James A Cotton, and James O McInerney BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 312. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-312.PMCID: PMC2592249 Protein evolution in deep sea bacteria: an analysis of amino acids substitution rates Stefano Campanaro, Laura Treu, and Giorgio Valle BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 313. Published online 2008 November 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-313.PMCID: PMC2600651 Genetic structure along an elevational gradient in Hawaiian honeycreepers reveals contrasting evolutionary responses to avian malaria Lori S Eggert, Lauren A Terwilliger, Bethany L Woodworth, Patrick J Hart, Danielle Palmer, and Robert C Fleischer BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 315. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-315.PMCID: PMC2613920 Insights into the evolutionary origins of clostridial neurotoxins from analysis of the Clostridium botulinum strain A neurotoxin gene cluster Andrew C Doxey, Michael DJ Lynch, Kirsten M Müller, Elizabeth M Meiering, and Brendan J McConkey BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 316. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-316.PMCID: PMC2605760 Genetic diversity in two sibling species of the Anopheles punctulatus group of mosquitoes on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands Arif U Hasan, Setsuo Suguri, Chigusa Fujimoto, Rodney L Itaki, Masakazu Harada, Masato Kawabata, Hugo Bugoro, and Bobogare Albino BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 318. Published online 2008 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-318.PMCID: PMC2612007 Phylogenetic evidence for extensive lateral acquisition of cellular genes by Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses Jonathan Filée, Noëlle Pouget, and Mick Chandler BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 320. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-320.PMCID: PMC2607284 Suprafamilial relationships among Rodentia and the phylogenetic effect of removing fast-evolving nucleotides in mitochondrial, exon and intron fragments Claudine Montgelard, Ellen Forty, Véronique Arnal, and Conrad A Matthee BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 321. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-321.PMCID: PMC2613922 Evidence for panmixia despite barriers to gene flow in the southern African endemic, Caffrogobius caffer (Teleostei: Gobiidae) Marlene Neethling, Conrad A Matthee, Rauri CK Bowie, and Sophie von der Heyden BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 325. Published online 2008 December 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-325.PMCID: PMC2613416 Female-driven mechanisms, ejaculate size and quality contribute to the lower fertility of sex-ratio distorter males in Drosophila simulans Caroline Angelard, Catherine Montchamp-Moreau, and Dominique Joly BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 326. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-326.PMCID: PMC2612008 Evolution of the parasitic wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Braconidae): phylogeny and evolution of lepidopteran host ranges and mummy characteristics Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, Mark R Shaw, Alberto G Sáez, Miharu Mori, Sergey A Belokoblylskij, Scott R Shaw, and Donald LJ Quicke BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 329. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-329.PMCID: PMC2614994 Primate-specific spliced PMCHL RNAs are non-protein coding in human and macaque tissues Sandra Schmieder, Fleur Darré-Toulemonde, Marie-Jeanne Arguel, Audrey Delerue-Audegond, Richard Christen, and Jean-Louis Nahon BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 330. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-330.PMCID: PMC2621205 Methodology Articles Drawing explicit phylogenetic networks and their integration into SplitsTree Tobias H Kloepper and Daniel H Huson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-22.PMCID: PMC2253509 Genome classification by gene distribution: An overlapping subspace clustering approach Jason Li, Saman K Halgamuge, and Sen-Lin Tang BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 116. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-116.PMCID: PMC2383906 Rooted triple consensus and anomalous gene trees Gregory B Ewing, Ingo Ebersberger, Heiko A Schmidt, and Arndt von Haeseler BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 118. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-118.PMCID: PMC2409437 Dating the time of viral subtype divergence John D O'Brien, Zhen-Su She, and Marc A Suchard BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 172. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-172.PMCID: PMC2443812 Covariance of maximum likelihood evolutionary distances between sequences aligned pairwise Christophe Dessimoz and Manuel Gil BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 179. Published online 2008 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-179.PMCID: PMC2443136 Effect of the assignment of ancestral CpG state on the estimation of nucleotide substitution rates in mammals Daniel J Gaffney and Peter D Keightley BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 265. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-265.PMCID: PMC2576242 Patterns of evolutionary constraints on genes in humans Subhajyoti De, Nuria Lopez-Bigas, and Sarah A Teichmann BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 275. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-275.PMCID: PMC2587479 Testing comparative phylogeographic models of marine vicariance and dispersal using a hierarchical Bayesian approach Michael J Hickerson and Christopher P Meyer BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 322. Published online 2008 November 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-322.PMCID: PMC2614435 Correction Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset Jeff W Higdon, Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds, Robin MD Beck, and Steven H Ferguson BMC Evol Biol. 2008; 8: 216. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-216.PMCID: PMC2518141 Corrects: Jeff W Higdon, et al. Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset. BMC Evol Biol. 2007; 7: 216. |