| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCommentary Sleeping to fuel the immune system: mammalian sleep and resistance to parasites Mark R Opp BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 8. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-8.PMCID: PMC2633283 Correspondence Sexual selection does not influence minisatellite mutation rate William Amos BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 5. Published online 2009 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-5.PMCID: PMC2636768 Research Articles Evolution and differential expression of a vertebrate vitellogenin gene cluster Roderick Nigel Finn, Jelena Kolarevic, Heidi Kongshaug, and Frank Nilsen BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 2. Published online 2009 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-2.PMCID: PMC2632621 Parallel shifts in ecology and natural selection in an island lizard Ryan Calsbeek, Wolfgang Buermann, and Thomas B Smith BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 3. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-3.PMCID: PMC2630972 Molecular evolution of UCP1 and the evolutionary history of mammalian non-shivering thermogenesis David A Hughes, Martin Jastroch, Mark Stoneking, and Martin Klingenspor BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 4. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-4.PMCID: PMC2627829 Multiple mating and a low incidence of cuckoldry for nest-holding males in the two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens Kenyon B Mobley, Trond Amundsen, Elisabet Forsgren, Per A Svensson, and Adam G Jones BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 6. Published online 2009 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-6.PMCID: PMC2631507 Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep Brian T Preston, Isabella Capellini, Patrick McNamara, Robert A Barton, and Charles L Nunn BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 7. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-7.PMCID: PMC2631508 Evolution of prokaryotic SPFH proteins Markus Hinderhofer, Christina A Walker, Anke Friemel, Claudia AO Stuermer, Heiko M Möller, and Alexander Reuter BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 10. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-10.PMCID: PMC2636767 Comparative mitochondrial genomics within and among species of killifish Andrew Whitehead BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 11. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-11.PMCID: PMC2631509 Recombination in Glomus intraradices, a supposed ancient asexual arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Daniel Croll and Ian R Sanders BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 13. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-13.PMCID: PMC2630297 Molecular evolution in Panagrolaimus nematodes: origins of parthenogenesis, hermaphroditism and the Antarctic species P. davidi Samantha C Lewis, Leslie A Dyal, Caroline F Hilburn, Stephanie Weitz, Wei-Siang Liau, Craig W LaMunyon, and Dee R Denver BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 15. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-15.PMCID: PMC2632994 3Sex-specific dispersal and evolutionary rescue in metapopulations infected by male killing endosymbionts Dries Bonte, Thomas Hovestadt, and Hans-Joachim Poethke BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 16. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-16.PMCID: PMC2633281 A P2X receptor from the tardigrade species Hypsibius dujardini with fast kinetics and sensitivity to zinc and copper Selvan Bavan, Volko A Straub, Mark L Blaxter, and Steven J Ennion BMC Evol Biol. 2009; 9: 17. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-17.PMCID: PMC2633282 |