Molecular differentiation of the Murraya paniculata Complex (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae: Aurantieae).

abstract：BACKGROUND:The seacoasts of the Japanese Arc are fringed by many gravel beaches owing to active tectonic uplift and intense denudation caused by heavy rainfall. These gravel beaches are inhabited by gobies of the genus Luciogobius that burrow into the gravel sediment and live interstitially. Although their habitat and ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Yamada T,Sugiyama T,Tamaki N,Kawakita A,Kato M

更新日期：2009-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PHOSPHATE1 (PHO1) gene family members have diverse roles in plant growth and development, and they have been studied in Arabidopsis, rice, and Physcomitrella. However, it has yet to be described in other plants. Therefore, we surveyed the evolutionary patterns of genomes within the plant PHO1 gene family, fo...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： He L,Zhao M,Wang Y,Gai J,He C

更新日期：2013-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prions are transmissible, propagating alternative states of proteins, and are usually made from the fibrillar, beta-sheet-rich assemblies termed amyloid. Prions in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae propagate heritable phenotypes, uncover hidden genetic variation, function in large-scale gene regulat...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： An L,Fitzpatrick D,Harrison PM

更新日期：2016-01-25 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：BACKGROUND:The histone H2A family encompasses the greatest number of core histone variants of which the replacement variant H2A.Z is currently one of the most heavily studied. No clear mechanism for the functional variability that H2A.Z imparts to chromatin has yet been proposed. While most of the past studies have ref...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Eirín-López JM,González-Romero R,Dryhurst D,Ishibashi T,Ausió J

更新日期：2009-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drosophila is an important model for studying the evolution of animal immunity, due to the powerful genetic tools developed for D. melanogaster. However, Drosophila is an incredibly speciose lineage with a wide range of ecologies, natural histories, and diverse natural enemies. Surprisingly little functional...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Hanson MA,Hamilton PT,Perlman SJ

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The spatial distribution of genetic diversity and structure has important implications for conservation as it reveals a species' strong and weak points with regard to stability and evolutionary capacity. Temporal genetic stability is rarely tested in marine species other than commercially important fishes, b...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Jueterbock A,Coyer JA,Olsen JL,Hoarau G

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adaptive radiation theory posits that ecological opportunity promotes rapid proliferation of phylogenetic and ecological diversity. Given that adaptive radiation proceeds via occupation of available niche space in newly accessed ecological zones, theory predicts that: (i) evolutionary diversification follows...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Pincheira-Donoso D,Harvey LP,Ruta M

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although phylogenomic analyses are increasingly used to reveal evolutionary relationships among ciliates, relatively few nuclear protein-coding gene markers have been tested for their suitability as candidates for inferring phylogenies within this group. In this study, we investigate the utility of the heat-...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Zhang Q,Xu J,Warren A,Yang R,Shen Z,Yi Z

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ferlin gene family possesses a rare and identifying feature consisting of multiple tandem C2 domains and a C-terminal transmembrane domain. Much currently remains unknown about the fundamental function of this gene family, however, mutations in its two most well-characterised members, dysferlin and otofe...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Lek A,Lek M,North KN,Cooper ST

更新日期：2010-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiolipin (CL) is an important component in mitochondrial inner and bacterial membranes. Its appearance in these two biomembranes has been considered as evidence of the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria. But CL was reported to be synthesized through two distinct enzymes--CLS_cap and CLS_pld in eukaryote...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Tian HF,Feng JM,Wen JF

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although homologous recombination affects the efficacy of selection in populations, the pattern of recombination rate evolution and its effects on genome evolution across plants are largely unknown. Recombination can reduce genome size by enabling the removal of LTR retrotransposons, alter codon usage by GC ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Tiley GP,Burleigh JG

更新日期：2015-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evolution of cooperative behaviour is widely studied in different models where interaction is heterogeneous, although static among individuals. However, in nature individuals can often recognize each other and chose, besides to cooperate or not, to preferentially associate with or to avoid certain individual...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Kun A,Boza G,Scheuring I

更新日期：2010-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuclear progesterone receptor (nPR) is an evolutionary innovation in vertebrates that mediates genomic responses to progesterone. Vertebrates also respond to progesterone via membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) or membrane associated progesterone receptors (MAPRs) through rapid nongenomic mechanisms. Lamp...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Ren J,Chung-Davidson YW,Jia L,Li W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the large angiosperm order Lamiales, a diverse array of highly specialized life strategies such as carnivory, parasitism, epiphytism, and desiccation tolerance occur, and some lineages possess drastically accelerated DNA substitutional rates or miniaturized genomes. However, understanding the evolution of...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Schäferhoff B,Fleischmann A,Fischer E,Albach DC,Borsch T,Heubl G,Müller KF

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenotypic integration among different anatomical parts of the head is a common phenomenon across vertebrates. Interestingly, despite centuries of research into the factors that contribute to the existing variation in brain size among vertebrates, little is known about the role of phenotypic integration in b...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Tsuboi M,Gonzalez-Voyer A,Kolm N

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA encoding for ribosomal RNA (rDNA) is arranged in tandemly-repeated subunits, each containing ribosomal genes and non-coding spacers. Because tandemly-repeated, rDNA evolves under a balanced influence of selection and "concerted evolution", which homogenizes rDNA variants over the genome (through genomic ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Ricci A,Scali V,Passamonti M

更新日期：2008-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lineage-specific genes, the genes that are restricted to a limited subset of related organisms, may be important in adaptation. In parasitic organisms, lineage-specific gene products are possible targets for vaccine development or therapeutics when these genes are absent from the host genome. RESULTS:In thi...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Kuo CH,Kissinger JC

更新日期：2008-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Species complexes or aggregates consist of a set of closely related species often of different ploidy levels, whose relationships are difficult to reconstruct. The N Hemisphere Achillea millefolium aggregate exhibits complex morphological and genetic variation and a broad ecological amplitude. To understand ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Guo YP,Wang SZ,Vogl C,Ehrendorfer F

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae has been used worldwide as a biocontrol agent for insect pests, making it an interesting model for understanding parasite-host interactions. Two models propose that these interactions are co-evolutionary processes in such a way that equilibrium is never r...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Flores-Ponce M,Vallebueno-Estrada M,González-Orozco E,Ramos-Aboites HE,García-Chávez JN,Simões N,Montiel R

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resolving the historical biogeography of the leopard (Panthera pardus) is a complex issue, because patterns inferred from fossils and from molecular data lack congruence. Fossil evidence supports an African origin, and suggests that leopards were already present in Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene. Analy...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Paijmans JLA,Barlow A,Förster DW,Henneberger K,Meyer M,Nickel B,Nagel D,Worsøe Havmøller R,Baryshnikov GF,Joger U,Rosendahl W,Hofreiter M

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoside hydrolases of the GH9 family encode cellulases that predominantly function as endoglucanases and have wide applications in the food, paper, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries. The partitioning of plant GH9 endoglucanases, into classes A, B, and C, is based on the differential presence of transm...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Kundu S,Sharma R

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chordate evolution is a history of innovations that is marked by physical and behavioral specializations, which led to the development of a variety of forms from a single ancestral group. Among other important characteristics, vertebrates obtained a well developed brain, anterior sensory structures, a closed...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Kurtenbach S,Mayer C,Pelz T,Hatt H,Leese F,Neuhaus EM

更新日期：2011-08-09 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:Synonymous or silent mutations are usually thought to evolve neutrally. However, accumulating recent evidence has demonstrated that silent mutations may destabilize RNA structures or disrupt cis regulatory motifs superimposed on coding sequences. Such observations suggest the existence of stretches of codon ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Mayrose I,Stern A,Burdelova EO,Sabo Y,Laham-Karam N,Zamostiano R,Bacharach E,Pupko T

更新日期：2013-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amongst the most commonly used molecular markers for plant phylogenetic studies are the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS). Intra-individual variability of these multicopy regions is a very common phenomenon in plants, the causes of which are debated in literature. Phylogenetic reconstructi...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Göker M,Grimm GW

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternally inherited endosymbionts like Wolbachia pipientis are in linkage disequilibrium with the mtDNA of their hosts. Therefore, they can induce selective sweeps, decreasing genetic diversity over many generations. This sex ratio distorter, that is involved in the origin of parthenogenesis and other repro...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Rodriguero MS,Lanteri AA,Confalonieri VA

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the evolutionary history of morphologically cryptic species complexes is difficult, and made even more challenging when geographic distributions have been modified by human-mediated dispersal. This situation is common in the Mediterranean Basin where, aside from the environmental heterogeneity ...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Planas E,Saupe EE,Lima-Ribeiro MS,Peterson AT,Ribera C

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Publication of the first diatom genome, that of Thalassiosira pseudonana, established it as a model species for experimental and genomic studies of diatoms. Virtually every ensuing study has treated T. pseudonana as a marine diatom, with genomic and experimental data valued for their insights into the ecolog...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Alverson AJ,Beszteri B,Julius ML,Theriot EC

更新日期：2011-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to providing phylogenetic relationships, tree making procedures such as parsimony and maximum likelihood can make specific predictions of actual historical sequences. Resurrection of such sequences can be used to understand early events in evolution. In the case of RNA, the nature of parsimony is...

journal_title：BMC evolutionary biology

authors： Lu Q,Fox GE

更新日期：2011-07-22 00:00:00