Evolutionary bioinformatics

Evolutionary Bioinformatics [http://la-press.com/journal.php?journal_id=17] is a peer reviewed open access academic journal focussing on the role of computational biology in the study of evolution. The journal is published by Libertas Academica [http://la-press.com] .

Official journal of The Bioinformatics Institute

"Evolutionary Bioinformatics" was established as the official journal of The Bioinformatics Institute [http://www.cebl.auckland.ac.nz/bi/] . The Institute is a joint-venture between the University of Auckland, situated in New Zealand’s largest city, and AgResearch, New Zealand’s largest Crown Research Institute. Allen Rodrigo, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, is the Institute’s Director, and it was at his initiative that the journal was established.

Aims and Scope

"Evolutionary Bioinformatics" is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on evolutionary bioinformatics. There is growing awareness that to understand organismal form and function, through the use of molecular, genetic, genomic, and proteomic data, due consideration must be given to an organism's evolutionary context - history constrains the path an organism is obliged to take, and leaves an indelible mark on its component parts. Evolutionary Bioinformatics publishes papers on all aspects of computational evolutionary biology, and evolutionary bioinformatics.

Editor in Chief and Editorial Board

The journal's Editor in Chief is Dr Mark Pagel [http://la-press.com/journal.php?pa=editor_in_chief&journal_id=17] and it has an international Honorary Editorial Board [http://la-press.com/journal.php?pa=editorial_board&journal_id=17] .

Notable articles

The following articles had been viewed 500 or more times up to the time that this section was last updated:

* R. Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Nils Hallenberg and Karl ­Henrik Larsson. Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification. "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 193-201 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=823(Abstract)]
* Wei Zhang and M. Eileen Dolan. Exploring the Evolutionary History of the Differentially Expressed Genes between Human Populations: Action of Recent Positive Selection. "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 171-179 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=788(Abstract)]
* Magnus Karlsson and Jan Stenlid. Comparative Evolutionary Histories of the Fungal Chitinase Gene Family Reveal Non-Random Size Expansions and Contractions due to Adaptive Natural Selection. "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 47-60 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=626(Abstract)]
* Olivier Bastien. A Simple Derivation of the Distribution of Pairwise Local Protein Sequence Alignment Scores. "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 41-45 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=563(Abstract)]
* Francisco M. Codoñer and Mario A. Fares. Why Should We Care About Molecular Coevolution? "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 29-38 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=564(Abstract)]
* Angelika Merkel and Neil J. Gemmell. Detecting Microsatellites in Genome Data: Variance in Definitions and Bioinformatic Approaches Cause Systematic Bias. "Evolutionary Bioinformatics" 2008:4 1-6 [http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=546(Abstract)]

"Note: this section was last updated on 1 August 2008. Additions which follow the notability criteria are welcomed."