Genetic species identification and population structure of Halophila (Hydrocharitaceae) from the Western Pacific to the Eastern Indian Ocean.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicinal leeches became infamous for their utility in bloodletting popularized in the 19th century, and have seen a recent resurgence in post-operative treatments for flap and replantation surgeries, and in terms of characterization of salivary anticoagulants. Notorious throughout the world, the quintessent...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Phillips AJ,Siddall ME

更新日期：2009-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evolution of metabolism occurs through the acquisition and loss of genes whose products acts as enzymes in metabolic reactions, and from a presumably simple primordial metabolism the organisms living today have evolved complex and highly variable metabolisms. We have studied this phenomenon by comparing the ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Bernhardsson S,Gerlee P,Lizana L

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Pomatiopsidae are reported from northern India into southern China and Southeast Asia, with two sub-families, the Pomatiopsinae (which include freshwater, amphibious, terrestrial and marine species) and the freshwater Triculinae. Both include species acting as intermediate host for species of the blood-f...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Liu L,Huo GN,He HB,Zhou B,Attwood SW

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein domains are the structural, functional and evolutionary units of the protein. Protein domain architectures are the linear arrangements of domain(s) in individual proteins. Although the evolutionary history of protein domain architecture has been extensively studied in microorganisms, the evolutionary...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Zhang XC,Wang Z,Zhang X,Le MH,Sun J,Xu D,Cheng J,Stacey G

更新日期：2012-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extended parental care is a complex reproductive strategy in which progenitors actively look after their offspring up to - or beyond - the first juvenile stage in order to maximize their fitness. Although the euarthropod fossil record has produced several examples of brood-care, the appearance of extended pa...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Fu D,Ortega-Hernández J,Daley AC,Zhang X,Shu D

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While numerous studies revealed the major role of environmental changes of the Quaternary on the evolution of biodiversity, research on the influence of that period on current South-American fauna is scarce and have usually focused on lowland regions. In this study, the genetic structure of the pampas cat (L...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Cossíos D,Lucherini M,Ruiz-García M,Angers B

更新日期：2009-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) is probably the third largest fern genus in the world and contains ca. 500 species. Species of Polystichum occur on all continents except Antarctica, but its highest diversity is found in East Asia, especially Southwest China and adjacent regions. Previous studies typically had ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Le Péchon T,He H,Zhang L,Zhou XM,Gao XF,Zhang LB

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The LysM receptor-like kinases (LysM-RLKs) are important to both plant defense and symbiosis. Previous studies described three clades of LysM-RLKs: LysM-I/LYKs (10+ exons per gene and containing conserved kinase residues), LysM-II/LYRs (1-5 exons per gene, lacking conserved kinase residues), and LysM-III (tw...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Richards S,Rose LE

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest and morphologically most diverse prokaryotic phyla on our planet. The early development of an oxygen-containing atmosphere approximately 2.45-2.22 billion years ago is attributed to the photosynthetic activity of cyanobacteria. Furthermore, they are one of the few prokaryo...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Schirrmeister BE,Antonelli A,Bagheri HC

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant genomes contain a high proportion of duplicated genes as a result of numerous whole, segmental and local duplications. These duplications lead up to the formation of gene families, which are the usual material for many evolutionary studies. However, all characterized genomes include single-copy (unique...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Armisén D,Lecharny A,Aubourg S

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is often proposed that females should select genetically dissimilar mates to maximize offspring genetic diversity and avoid inbreeding. Several recent studies have provided mixed evidence, however, and in some instances females seem to prefer genetically similar males. A preference for genetically similar...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Bichet C,Penn DJ,Moodley Y,Dunoyer L,Cellier-Holzem E,Belvalette M,Grégoire A,Garnier S,Sorci G

更新日期：2014-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic sequence analyses have shown that horizontal gene transfer occurred during the origin of eukaryotes as a consequence of symbiosis. However, details of the timing and number of symbiotic events are unclear. A timescale for the early evolution of eukaryotes would help to better understand the relations...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Hedges SB,Chen H,Kumar S,Wang DY,Thompson AS,Watanabe H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A multiscale network of two galectins Galectin-1 (Gal-1) and Galectin-8 (Gal-8) patterns the avian limb skeleton. Among vertebrates with paired appendages, chondrichthyan fins typically have one or more cartilage plates and many repeating parallel endoskeletal elements, actinopterygian fins have more varied ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Bhat R,Chakraborty M,Glimm T,Stewart TA,Newman SA

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Rattus is highly speciose and has a complex taxonomy that is not fully resolved. As shown previously there are two major groups within the genus, an Asian and an Australo-Papuan group. This study focuses on the Australo-Papuan group and particularly on the Australian rats. There are uncertainties r...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Robins JH,McLenachan PA,Phillips MJ,McComish BJ,Matisoo-Smith E,Ross HA

更新日期：2010-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a set of publications described flea fossils from Jurassic and Early Cretaceous geological strata in northeastern China, which were suggested to have parasitized feathered dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and early birds or mammals. In support of these fossils being fleas, a recent publication in BMC Evolutionary Biol...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Dittmar K,Zhu Q,Hastriter MW,Whiting MF

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A complex of incipient species with different degrees of morphological or ecological differentiation provides an ideal model for studying species divergence. We examined the phylogeography and the evolutionary history of the Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum s. l. RESULTS:Systematic inconsistency was detected ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Huang CC,Hung KH,Hwang CC,Huang JC,Lin HD,Wang WK,Wu PY,Hsu TW,Chiang TY

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of predator-prey interactions on the evolution of many marine invertebrates is poorly understood. Since barriers to genetic exchange are less obvious in the marine realm than in terrestrial or freshwater systems, non-allopatric divergence may play a fundamental role in the generation of biodiversi...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Goodheart JA,Bazinet AL,Valdés Á,Collins AG,Cummings MP

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The resilience of ecosystems to negative impacts is generally higher when high gene flow, species diversity and genetic diversity are present. Population genetic studies are suitable to investigate genetic diversity and estimate gene flow between populations. Seaweed beds form a dynamic shallow water ecosyst...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Apolônio Silva de Oliveira D,Decraemer W,Moens T,Dos Santos GA,Derycke S

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evolutionary transitions from terrestrial to aquatic life history cause drastic changes in sensory systems. Indeed, the drastic changes in vision have been reported in many aquatic amniotes, convergently. Recently, the opsin genes of the full-aquatic sea snakes have been reported. However, those of the amphi...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Seiko T,Kishida T,Toyama M,Hariyama T,Okitsu T,Wada A,Toda M,Satta Y,Terai Y

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Septins are cytoskeletal GTPase proteins first discovered in the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae where they organize the septum and link nuclear division with cell division. More recently septins have been found in animals where they are important in processes ranging from actin and microtubule organization ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Pan F,Malmberg RL,Momany M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four of the five species of Telopea (Proteaceae) are distributed in a latitudinal replacement pattern on the south-eastern Australian mainland. In similar circumstances, a simple allopatric speciation model that identifies the origins of genetic isolation within temporal geographic separation is considered a...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Rossetto M,Allen CB,Thurlby KA,Weston PH,Milner ML

更新日期：2012-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The segmented RNA genome of avian Influenza viruses (AIV) allows genetic reassortment between co-infecting viruses, providing an evolutionary pathway to generate genetic innovation. The genetic diversity (16 haemagglutinin and 9 neuraminidase subtypes) of AIV indicates an extensive reservoir of influenza vir...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Lu L,Lycett SJ,Leigh Brown AJ

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most insect species are specialized on one or few groups of plants, there are phytophagous insects that seem to use virtually any kind of plant as food. Understanding the nature of this ability to feed on a wide repertoire of plants is crucial for the control of pest species and for the elucidation ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Celorio-Mancera Mde L,Wheat CW,Huss M,Vezzi F,Neethiraj R,Reimegård J,Nylin S,Janz N

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socially cued anticipatory plasticity (SCAP) has been proposed as a widespread mechanism of adaptive life-history shifts in semelparous species with extreme male mating investment. Such mating systems evolved several times independently in spiders and male reproductive success should critically depend on tim...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Neumann R,Schneider JM

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hypothesis of an RNA-based origin of life, known as the "RNA world", is strongly affected by the hostile environmental conditions probably present in the early Earth. In particular, strong UV and X-ray radiations could have been a major obstacle to the formation and evolution of the first biomolecules. I...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Biondi E,Branciamore S,Maurel MC,Gallori E

更新日期：2007-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many pathologies that modify the shell geometry and ornamentation of ammonoids are known from the fossil record. Since they may reflect the developmental response of the organism to a perturbation (usually a sublethal injury), their study is essential for exploring the developmental mechanisms of these extin...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Jattiot R,Fara E,Brayard A,Urdy S,Goudemand N

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drosophila melanogaster often shows correlations between latitude and phenotypic or genetic variation on different continents, which suggests local adaptation with respect to a heterogeneous environment. Previous phenotypic analyses of latitudinal clines have investigated mainly physiological, morphological,...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Svetec N,Zhao L,Saelao P,Chiu JC,Begun DJ

更新日期：2015-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many groups of land snails show great interspecific diversity in shell ornamentation, which may include spines on the shell and flanges on the aperture. Such structures have been explained as camouflage or defence, but the possibility that they might be under sexual selection has not previously been explored...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Schilthuizen M

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Remipedia were initially seen as a primitive taxon within Pancrustacea based on characters considered ancestral, such as the homonomously segmented trunk. Meanwhile, several morphological and molecular studies proposed a more derived position of Remipedia within Pancrustacea, including a sister group relatio...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Stemme T,Iliffe TM,von Reumont BM,Koenemann S,Harzsch S,Bicker G

更新日期：2013-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL; E.C.4.3.1.5) is a key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway in plant development, and it catalyses the deamination of phenylalanine to trans-cinnamic acid, leading to the production of secondary metabolites. This enzyme has been identified in many organisms, ranging from pro...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Wu Z,Gui S,Wang S,Ding Y

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00