Published in Mol Biol Evol on July 28, 2003
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Amino acid polymorphisms in Arabidopsis phytochrome B cause differential responses to light. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.30
Network-level molecular evolutionary analysis of the insulin/TOR signal transduction pathway across 12 Drosophila genomes. Genome Res (2009) 1.20
A systematic search for positive selection in higher plants (Embryophytes). BMC Plant Biol (2006) 1.10
The evolution of control and distribution of adaptive mutations in a metabolic pathway. Genetics (2009) 1.10
Variation in constraint versus positive selection as an explanation for evolutionary rate variation among anthocyanin genes. J Mol Evol (2008) 1.06
Comparative genomics of the vertebrate insulin/TOR signal transduction pathway: a network-level analysis of selective pressures. Genome Biol Evol (2010) 0.97
Phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns in microbial carotenoid biosynthesis are revealed by comparative genomics. PLoS One (2010) 0.96
Evolutionary rate patterns of the Gibberellin pathway genes. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 0.95
Evolution of flux control in the glucosinolate pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.91
Flower color as a model system for studies of plant evo-devo. Front Plant Sci (2013) 0.90
A small system--high-resolution study of metabolic adaptation in the central metabolic pathway to temperate climates in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Biol Evol (2014) 0.90
Expression level drives the pattern of selective constraints along the insulin/Tor signal transduction pathway in Caenorhabditis. Genome Biol Evol (2011) 0.89
Genetic dissection of vitamin E biosynthesis in tomato. J Exp Bot (2011) 0.89
Intraspecific sequence variation and differential expression in starch synthase genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Res Notes (2013) 0.88
Differential selection on carotenoid biosynthesis genes as a function of gene position in the metabolic pathway: a study on the carrot and dicots. PLoS One (2012) 0.88
Towards the identification of the loci of adaptive evolution. Methods Ecol Evol (2015) 0.85
The evolution and origin of animal Toll-like receptor signaling pathway revealed by network-level molecular evolutionary analyses. PLoS One (2012) 0.85
Evolution of homospermidine synthase in the convolvulaceae: a story of gene duplication, gene loss, and periods of various selection pressures. Plant Cell (2013) 0.85
The relationship between the hierarchical position of proteins in the human signal transduction network and their rate of evolution. BMC Evol Biol (2012) 0.84
Morning glory as a powerful model in ecological genomics: tracing adaptation through both natural and artificial selection. Heredity (Edinb) (2011) 0.83
Evolution of dopamine-related systems: biosynthesis, degradation and receptors. J Mol Evol (2010) 0.83
Accuracy and power of the likelihood ratio test for comparing evolutionary rates among genes. J Mol Evol (2005) 0.82
Pathway evolution by horizontal transfer and positive selection is accommodated by relaxed negative selection upon upstream pathway genes in purple bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.82
Sequence diversity and differential expression of major phenylpropanoid-flavonoid biosynthetic genes among three mango varieties. BMC Genomics (2015) 0.81
The Molecular Evolutionary Patterns of the Insulin/FOXO Signaling Pathway. Evol Bioinform Online (2013) 0.81
A system-level, molecular evolutionary analysis of mammalian phototransduction. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 0.81
Methylation effect on chalcone synthase gene expression determines anthocyanin pigmentation in floral tissues of two Oncidium orchid cultivars. Planta (2012) 0.81
Domestication and the storage starch biosynthesis pathway: signatures of selection from a whole sorghum genome sequencing strategy. Plant Biotechnol J (2016) 0.80
Covariation of branch lengths in phylogenies of functionally related genes. PLoS One (2009) 0.80
Variation in DNA substitution rates among lineages erroneously inferred from simulated clock-like data. PLoS One (2010) 0.80
Evolutionary rate patterns of genes involved in the Drosophila Toll and Imd signaling pathway. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 0.80
Molecular evolution of anthocyanin pigmentation genes following losses of flower color. BMC Evol Biol (2016) 0.77
Evolutionary study of the isoflavonoid pathway based on multiple copies analysis in soybean. BMC Genet (2014) 0.77
Comparative analysis of vertebrate PEPT1 and PEPT2 genes. Genetica (2009) 0.77
Dynamic sensitivity and nonlinear interactions influence the system-level evolutionary patterns of phototransduction proteins. Proc Biol Sci (2015) 0.77
Diversifying selection of the anthocyanin biosynthetic downstream gene UFGT accelerates floral diversity of island Scutellaria species. BMC Evol Biol (2016) 0.76
Sequence diversity in coding regions of candidate genes in the glycoalkaloid biosynthetic pathway of wild potato species. G3 (Bethesda) (2013) 0.76
Molecular evolution and sequence divergence of plant chalcone synthase and chalcone synthase-Like genes. Genetica (2014) 0.76
Engineering microorganisms based on molecular evolutionary analysis: a succinate production case study. Evol Appl (2014) 0.75
UGT74S1 is the key player in controlling secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) formation in flax. BMC Plant Biol (2017) 0.75
Molecular evolution of multiple-level control of heme biosynthesis pathway in animal kingdom. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
New views on the selection acting on genetic polymorphism in central metabolic genes. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2016) 0.75
Imbalanced positive selection maintains the functional divergence of duplicated DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 4-REDUCTASE genes. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Molecular evolution of the ent-kaurenoic acid oxidase gene in Oryzeae. Genet Mol Biol (2012) 0.75
Phylogeny, functional annotation, and protein interaction network analyses of the Xenopus tropicalis basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors. Biomed Res Int (2013) 0.75
Molecular Evolution of the Neural Crest Regulatory Network in Ray-Finned Fish. Genome Biol Evol (2015) 0.75
Connectivity in gene coexpression networks negatively correlates with rates of molecular evolution in flowering plants. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Escape from adaptive conflict after duplication in an anthocyanin pathway gene. Nature (2008) 2.55
Data archiving. Am Nat (2010) 2.08
Precise spatio-temporal regulation of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway leads to petal spot formation in Clarkia gracilis (Onagraceae). New Phytol (2012) 1.66
Pollinator-mediated selection on flower color allele drives reinforcement. Science (2012) 1.38
Identification of two genes causing reinforcement in the Texas wildflower Phlox drummondii. Nature (2011) 1.33
Testing for environmentally induced bias in phenotypic estimates of natural selection: theory and practice. Am Nat (2002) 1.31
Genetic changes associated with floral adaptation restrict future evolutionary potential. Nature (2004) 1.30
Population genetics, pleiotropy, and the preferential fixation of mutations during adaptive evolution. Evolution (2010) 1.29
The evolution of tolerance to deer herbivory: modifications caused by the abundance of insect herbivores. Proc Biol Sci (2002) 1.25
The evolution of control and distribution of adaptive mutations in a metabolic pathway. Genetics (2009) 1.10
Environmental variation mediates the deleterious effects of Coleosporium ipomoeae on Ipomoea purpurea. Ecology (2006) 1.09
Parallel evolution at multiple levels in the origin of hummingbird pollinated flowers in Ipomoea. Evolution (2010) 1.09
Gene loss and parallel evolution contribute to species difference in flower color. Mol Biol Evol (2011) 1.08
Lessons from flower colour evolution on targets of selection. J Exp Bot (2012) 1.07
Plant sex and the evolution of plant defenses against herbivores. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.04
Altered trans-regulatory control of gene expression in multiple anthocyanin genes contributes to adaptive flower color evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus. Mol Biol Evol (2008) 1.03
Experimental evidence that selection favors character displacement in the ivyleaf morning glory. Am Nat (2008) 1.02
Evolution of mixed strategies of plant defense allocation against natural enemies. Evolution (2004) 1.02
Genetic changes contributing to the parallel evolution of red floral pigmentation among Ipomoea species. New Phytol (2009) 1.01
Pleiotropic effects of an allele producing white flowers in Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution (2008) 1.00
Distinguishing between selection and population expansion in an experimental lineage of bacteriophage T7. Genetics (2002) 0.98
Selection through male function favors smaller floral display size in the common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae). Am Nat (2008) 0.98
The role of male flowers in andromonoecious species: energetic costs and siring success in Solanum carolinense L. Evolution (2007) 0.98
Natural selection on extrafloral nectar production in Chamaecrista fasciculata: the costs and benefits of a mutualism trait. Evolution (2004) 0.98
Data archiving. Evolution (2009) 0.95
Neutral evolution of the nonbinding region of the anthocyanin regulatory gene Ipmyb1 in Ipomoea. Genetics (2005) 0.94
Selection through female fitness helps to explain the maintenance of male flowers. Am Nat (2007) 0.92
Molecular signatures of selection on reproductive character displacement of flower color in Phlox drummondii. Evolution (2011) 0.92
Evolution of flux control in the glucosinolate pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.91
Loss of sexual recombination and segregation is associated with increased diversification in evening primroses. Evolution (2011) 0.91
Functional evolution of an anthocyanin pathway enzyme during a flower color transition. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.89
Quantifying patterns in the evolution of reproductive isolation. Evolution (2004) 0.89
The need for archiving data in evolutionary biology. J Evol Biol (2010) 0.89
Close clustering of anthers and stigma in Ipomoea hederacea enhances prezygotic isolation from Ipomoea purpurea. New Phytol (2007) 0.88
Effects of plant sex on range distributions and allocation to reproduction. New Phytol (2010) 0.88
Selection for character displacement is constrained by the genetic architecture of floral traits in the ivyleaf morning glory. Evolution (2008) 0.88
Relaxed constraint and evolutionary rate variation between basic helix-loop-helix floral anthocyanin regulators in Ipomoea. Mol Biol Evol (2007) 0.86
Major-gene resistance to the rust pathogen Coleosporium ipomoeae is common in natural populations of Ipomoea purpurea. New Phytol (2006) 0.85
Predictability and irreversibility of genetic changes associated with flower color evolution in Penstemon barbatus. Evolution (2014) 0.84
Natural selection on a polymorphic disease-resistance locus in Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution (2007) 0.84
Evolution of resistance to a multiple-herbivore community: genetic correlations, diffuse coevolution, and constraints on the plant's response to selection. Evolution (2013) 0.84
Natural selection on a leaf-shape polymorphism in the ivyleaf morning glory (Ipomoea hederacea). Evolution (2008) 0.83
Evolution of the selfing syndrome in Ipomoea. Front Plant Sci (2013) 0.80
Genetics of resistance to the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae in three species of morning glory (Ipomoea). PLoS One (2011) 0.80
Predictable patterns of constraint among anthocyanin-regulating transcription factors in Ipomoea. New Phytol (2011) 0.80
The cost of reinforcement: selection on flower color in allopatric populations of Phlox drummondii. Am Nat (2014) 0.79
Effects of variation at the flower-colour A locus on mating system parameters in Ipomoea purpurea. Mol Ecol (2004) 0.79
New Phytologist on plant evolution. New Phytol (2007) 0.78
Morphological and genetic differentiation and reproductive isolation among closely related taxa in the Ipomoea series Batatas. Am J Bot (2013) 0.78
Selfing, Local Mate Competition, and Reinforcement. Am Nat (2016) 0.75