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  2. Hundreds of studies on environmental effects of genetically modified (GM) crops became available over the past 25 years. For maize producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), potential adver...

    Authors: Michael Meissle, Steven E. Naranjo and Jörg Romeis
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2022 11:21
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

    The Data note to this article has been published in BMC Research Notes 2022 15:199

    The Systematic Review Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2014 3:7

  4. Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) comprise a range of neurodevelopmental conditions of varying severity, characterized by marked qualitative difficulties in social relatedness, communication, and behavior. Desp...

    Authors: Holly N Cukier, Nicole D Dueker, Susan H Slifer, Joycelyn M Lee, Patrice L Whitehead, Eminisha Lalanne, Natalia Leyva, Ioanna Konidari, Ryan C Gentry, William F Hulme, Derek Van Booven, Vera Mayo, Natalia K Hofmann, Michael A Schmidt, Eden R Martin, Jonathan L Haines…
    Citation: Molecular Autism 2014 5:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. The position of turtles among amniotes remains in dispute, with morphological and molecular comparisons giving different results. Morphological analyses align turtles with either lizards and their relatives, o...

    Authors: S Blair Hedges
    Citation: BMC Biology 2012 10:64
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  7. The complete genomes of three animals have been sequenced by global research efforts: a nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans), an insect (Drosophila melanogaster), and a vertebrate (Homo sapiens). Remarkably, th...

    Authors: Jaime E Blair, Kazuho Ikeo, Takashi Gojobori and S Blair Hedges
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2002 2:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Darwin believed that evolution generally occurred through a series of small, gradual changes. This proposal was counter-intuitive to many people because it seemed likely that “transitional” forms would not sur...

    Authors: Deborah A. McLennan
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2008 1:53
    Content type: Original Scientific Article Published on:

  9. The pattern and timing of the rise in complex multicellular life during Earth's history has not been established. Great disparity persists between the pattern suggested by the fossil record and that estimated ...

    Authors: S Blair Hedges, Jaime E Blair, Maria L Venturi and Jason L Shoe
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Here we develop an argument in support of sequencing a garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) genome, and outline a plan to accomplish this. This snake is a common, widespread, nonvenomous North American species that...

    Authors: Todd A. Castoe, Anne M. Bronikowski, Edmund D. Brodie III, Scott V. Edwards, Michael E. Pfrender, Michael D. Shapiro, David D. Pollock and Wesley C. Warren
    Citation: Standards in Genomic Sciences 2011 4:4020257
    Content type: OriginalPaper Published on:

  11. Gene duplication and gene loss during the evolution of eukaryotes have hindered attempts to estimate phylogenies and divergence times of species. Although current methods that identify clusters of orthologous ...

    Authors: Jaime E Blair, Prachi Shah and S Blair Hedges
    Citation: BMC Bioinformatics 2005 6:53
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Genomic sequence analyses have shown that horizontal gene transfer occurred during the origin of eukaryotes as a consequence of symbiosis. However, details of the timing and number of symbiotic events are uncl...

    Authors: S Blair Hedges, Hsiong Chen, Sudhir Kumar, Daniel YC Wang, Amanda S Thompson and Hidemi Watanabe
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2001 1:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. The timescale of prokaryote evolution has been difficult to reconstruct because of a limited fossil record and complexities associated with molecular clocks and deep divergences. However, the relatively large ...

    Authors: Fabia U Battistuzzi, Andreia Feijao and S Blair Hedges
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is projected to affect 439 million people by 2030. Medical management focuses on controlling blood glucose levels pharmacologically in a disease that is closely related to lifestyle facto...

    Authors: Kylie A. Simpson, Yorgi Mavros, Shelley Kay, Jacinda Meiklejohn, Nathan de Vos, Yi Wang, Qianyu Guo, Renru Zhao, Mike Climstein, Bernard T. Baune, Steven Blair, Anthony J. O’Sullivan, David Simar, Nalin Singh and Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:512
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  16. The earliest fossil evidence of terrestrial animal activity is from the Ordovician, ~450 million years ago (Ma). However, there are earlier animal fossils, and most molecular clocks suggest a deep origin of an...

    Authors: Davide Pisani, Laura L Poling, Maureen Lyons-Weiler and S Blair Hedges
    Citation: BMC Biology 2004 2:1
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Modern flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) occupy a highly specialized ecology unique among birds and represent a potentially powerful model system for informing the mechanisms by which a lineage of birds adapts and ...

    Authors: Chris R Torres, Lisa M Ogawa, Mark AF Gillingham, Brittney Ferrari and Marcel van Tuinen
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2014 14:36
    Content type: Research article Published on: