Research published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology presents evidence for selection during early dog domestication on multiple genes potentially involved in the fight-or-flight response. Co-author Alex Cagan tells more in this guest blog.
Publishing in BMC Evolutionary Biology, co-author Rob Kulathinal explains their research on identifying signatures of domestication on the century old laboratory model, Drosophila melanogaster.
2015 saw a vast array of interesting papers published in BMC Women’s Health as well as the launch of the thematic series ‘The Role of Structural and Interpersonal Violence in the Lives of Women’. Now that 2016 is upon us, we highlight 5 popular papers from the past 12 months in the journal and the much anticipated cross-journal article collection.
Providing patients with choice regarding the health care they receive is something that has been actively encouraged in a number of healthcare systems worldwide. But does a patient’s preference for how their treatment is delivered, and whether these preferences are met, affect the outcome of the treatment? New research published today in BMC Psychiatry suggests that routinely assessing and meeting patient preferences may improve the outcomes of psychological treatment.
From physicians assisted suicide to children’s end-of-life care, BMC Palliative Care published a range of exciting papers in 2015. Here is a sample of the journals most popular papers, representing the past year of research.
BMC Nursing publishes articles covering all aspects of nursing, such as training, education and practice. It’s been another great year for this Journal, with lots of articles being published looking into the methods and techniques that nurses use, along with studies about the human aspects of nursing. Here we review our top five articles from the past year.
Covering all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders, this Journal has had a great 12 months. From osteoarthritis to tennis elbow, fibromyalgia to lower back pain, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has published a varied selection of interesting and exciting papers this year – here are six of our favourites!
From fluorescence to flowers to fruit, here are the 10 most beautiful images published in BMC Plant Biology in 2015.
With the start of the new year, here is an opportunity to look back at four highly accessed and shared articles that BMC Genomics published during 2015.