BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Functional diversification of horizontally acquired glycoside hydrolase family 45 (GH45) proteins in Phytophaga beetles

An invariants-based method for efficient identification of hybrid species from large-scale genomic data

Origin and diversification of the plasminogen activation system among chordates

Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans

Impact of transition to a subterranean lifestyle on morphological disparity and integration in talpid moles (Mammalia, Talpidae)

Selection shapes turnover and magnitude of sex-biased expression in Drosophila gonads

Accelerated evolution at chaperone promoters among Antarctic notothenioid fishes

Invasion triple trouble: environmental fluctuations, fluctuation-adapted invaders and fluctuation-mal-adapted communities all govern invasion success

Defining novel plant polyamine oxidase subfamilies through molecular modeling and sequence analysis

Insights into body size variation in cetaceans from the evolution of body-size-related genes

Structural and functional divergence of the Mpc1 genes in wheat and barley

Population genomics of an exceptional hybridogenetic system of Pelophylax water frogs

Geographic isolation and climatic variability contribute to genetic differentiation in fragmented populations of the long-lived subalpine conifer Pinus cembra L. in the western Alps

Variation in pigmentation gene expression is associated with distinct aposematic color morphs in the poison frog Dendrobates auratus

Evolutionary history of the human multigene families reveals widespread gene duplications throughout the history of animals

Clade-age-dependent diversification under high species turnover shapes species richness disparities among tropical rainforest lineages of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)

Speciation and hybridization in invasive fire ants

Genetic and morphological divergence at a biogeographic break in the beach-dwelling brooder Excirolana hirsuticauda Menzies (Crustacea, Peracarida)

Exceptionally high rates of positive selection on the rbcL gene in the genus Ilex (Aquifoliaceae)

A genome-skimmed phylogeny of a widespread bryozoan family, Adeonidae

Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium mucogenicum and Mycobacterium neoaurum clade members emphasizing tRNA and non-coding RNA

Multiple independent L-gulonolactone oxidase (GULO) gene losses and vitamin C synthesis reacquisition events in non-Deuterostomian animal species

Complete mitochondrial genomes of eight seahorses and pipefishes (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae): insight into the adaptive radiation of syngnathid fishes

Multiple selective sweeps of ancient polymorphisms in and around LTα located in the MHC class III region on chromosome 6

Embryogenesis of flattened colonies implies the innovation required for the evolution of spheroidal colonies in volvocine green algae

Modelling the evolution of cognitive styles

The phylogenetic significance of the morphology of the syrinx, hyoid and larynx, of the southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (Aves, Palaeognathae)

Human-specific mutations in VMAT1 confer functional changes and multi-directional evolution in the regulation of monoamine circuits

Molecular evolution of mammalian genes with epistatic interactions in fertilization

The evolutionary history of LysM-RLKs (LYKs/LYRs) in wild tomatoes

The first identification of complete Eph-ephrin signalling in ctenophores and sponges reveals a role for neofunctionalization in the emergence of signalling domains

Adapting the engine to the fuel: mutator populations can reduce the mutational load by reorganizing their genome structure

To save or not to save your family member’s life? Evolutionary stability of self-sacrificing life history strategy in monogamous sexual populations

Comparative myoanatomy of Tardigrada: new insights from the heterotardigrades Actinarctus doryphorus (Tanarctidae) and Echiniscoides sigismundi (Echiniscoididae)

Evolution of CCL16 in Glires (Rodentia and Lagomorpha) shows an unusual random pseudogenization pattern

Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

Natriuretic peptides appeared after their receptors in vertebrates

Unusual interplay of contrasting selective pressures on β-defensin genes implicated in male fertility of the Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Phylogeographic and evolutionary history analyses of the warty crab Eriphia verrucosa (Decapoda, Brachyura, Eriphiidae) unveil genetic imprints of a late Pleistocene vicariant event across the Gibraltar Strait, erased by postglacial expansion and admixture among refugial lineages

Phylogeographic analysis of the genus Platycephalus along the coastline of the northwestern Pacific inferred by mitochondrial DNA

The effect of alignment uncertainty, substitution models and priors in building and dating the mammal tree of life

Phylogeography and ecological niche modeling unravel the evolutionary history of the Yarkand hare, Lepus yarkandensis (Mammalia: Leporidae), through the Quaternary

Correction to: Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity

Correction to: Genetic diversity of the Thao people of Taiwan using Y-chromosome, mitochondrial DNA and HLA gene systems

Phylogenetic signals in pest abundance and distribution range of spider mites

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

Correction to: Multiple selective sweeps of ancient polymorphisms in and around LTα located in the MHC class III region on chromosome 6