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Volume 22 Issue 10 (October 2009)

Research Papers

Selection of low investment in sex in a cyclically parthenogenetic rotifer (p 1975-1983)
M. J. CARMONA, N. DIMAS-FLORES, E. M. GARCÍA-ROGER, M. SERRA*
Published Online: Aug 12 2009 11:54AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01811.x

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Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix (p 1984-1999)
H. F. SMITH, R. E. FISHER, M. L. EVERETT, A. D. THOMAS, R. RANDAL BOLLINGER, W. PARKER
Published Online: Aug 12 2009 11:54AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01809.x

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Complete lack of mitochondrial divergence between two species of NE Atlantic marine intertidal gastropods (p 2000-2011)
P. KEMPPAINEN, M. PANOVA, J. HOLLANDER, K. JOHANNESSON
Published Online: Aug 12 2009 11:54AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01810.x

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Relative fitness of females and hermaphrodites in a natural gynodioecious population of wild radish, Raphanus sativus L. (Brassicaceae): comparison based on molecular genotyping (p 2012-2019)
K. MIYAKE, T. MIYAKE, T. TERACHI, T. YAHARA
Published Online: Aug 12 2009 11:53AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01808.x

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Extra-pair fertilizations contribute to selection on secondary male ornamentation in a socially monogamous passerine (p 2020-2030)
T. ALBRECHT, M. VINKLER, J. SCHNITZER, R. POLÁKOVÁ, P. MUNCLINGER, J. BRYJA
Published Online: Aug 12 2009 11:55AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01815.x

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Influence of genetic architecture on contemporary local evolution in the soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma: artificial selection on beak length (p 2031-2040)
H. DINGLE, S. P. CARROLL, T. R. FAMULA
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 12:04PM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01819.x

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A genetic background with low mutational robustness is associated with increased adaptability to a novel host in an RNA virus (p 2041-2048)
J. M. CUEVAS, A. MOYA, R. SANJUÁN
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 12:04PM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01817.x

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Evolution of host resistance and trade-offs between virulence and transmission potential in an obligately killing parasite (p 2049-2056)
C. BÉRÉNOS, P. SCHMID-HEMPEL, K. MATHIAS WEGNER
Published Online: Sep 3 2009 9:25AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01821.x

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Body size as a primary determinant of ecomorphological diversification and the evolution of mimicry in the lampropeltinine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae) (p 2057-2067)
R. ALEXANDER PYRON, F. T. BURBRINK
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 12:05PM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01820.x

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Phylogeny and evolution of sexually selected tail ornamentation in widowbirds and bishops (Euplectes spp.) (p 2068-2076)
M. PRAGER, S. ANDERSSON
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 12:04PM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01818.x

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Nestlings’ carotenoid feather ornament affects parental allocation strategy and reduces maternal survival (p 2077-2085)
M. GRIGGIO, C. MOROSINOTTO, A. PILASTRO
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 5:31AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01823.x

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The maintenance of sex: host–parasite coevolution with density-dependent virulence (p 2086-2093)
C. M. LIVELY
Published Online: Sep 3 2009 9:25AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01824.x

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Spatially heterogeneous stochasticity and the adaptive diversification of dormancy (p 2094-2103)
E. Rajon, S. Venner, F. Menu
Published Online: Sep 3 2009 9:26AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01825.x

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Manifold aspects of specificity in a nematode–bacterium mutualism (p 2104-2117)
É. Chapuis, V. Emelianoff, V. Paulmier, N. Le Brun, S. Pagès, M. Sicard, J.-B. Ferdy
Published Online: Sep 3 2009 9:27AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01829.x

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Short Communications

The efficiency of purifying selection in Mammals vs. Drosophila for metabolic genes (p 2118-2124)
N. PETIT, A. BARBADILLA
Published Online: Aug 20 2009 5:30AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01814.x

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