For authors considering submitting research involving phylogenetic analysis, please consult our editorial for guidance on the methodologies we consider to be of a suitable standard for consideration in BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Call for papers: Eco-evo-devo
The Editors of BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Ecology and BMC Evolutionary Biology announce the launch of the cross-journal thematic series on eco-evo-devo, the effect of the environment of development and evolution. Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.
Deadline for submissions is 30th April 2020.
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Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica
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Analysis of substitution rates showed that TLR5 is evolving at different rates among mammalian groups
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Human-specific mutations in VMAT1 confer functional changes and multi-directional evolution in the regulation of monoamine circuits
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Multiple selective sweeps of ancient polymorphisms in and around LTα located in the MHC class III region on chromosome 6
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A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes
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BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees
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The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa
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In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians: a survey of Y-chromosome and mtDNA variation in the Marsh Arabs of Iraq
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A genetic chronology for the Indian Subcontinent points to heavily sex-biased dispersals
Aims and scope
BMC Evolutionary Biology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of molecular and non-molecular evolution of all organisms, as well as phylogenetics and palaeontology.
Editor
Alison Cuff, BioMed Central
Manuscript Editor
Doris Cuckovic, BioMed Central
Assistant Editor
Alexandria Latto, BioMed Central
Section Editors
Maria Anisimova, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Michael Brockhurst, University of Sheffield
David Ferrier, University of St Andrews
Laura Kubatko, Ohio State University
David Liberles, Temple University
Craig Moritz, Australian National University
Herve Philippe, Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling
Arne Traulsen, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Arndt von Haeseler, Max F Perutz Laboratories
Arndt von Haeseler, Section Editor
Arndt von Haeseler is a full Professor for Bioinformatics at the University of Vienna and at the Medical University of Vienna. His work focuses on methods to understand and model evolutionary processes and to infer evolutionary relationships. He became a Section Editor in 2010.
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