Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

CS Babcock and WW Anderson

Molecular evolution of the Sex-Ratio inversion complex in Drosophila pseudoobscura: analysis of the Esterase-5 gene region
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 297-308. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Backeljau, L De Bruyn, H De Wolf, K Jordaens, S Van Dongen, and B Winnepennincks

Multiple UPGMA and Neighbor-joining Trees and the Performance of Some Computer Packages
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 309-313. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MS Rossi, E Barrio, A Latorre, JE Quezada-Diaz, E Hasson, A Moya, and A Fontdevila

The evolutionary history of Drosophila buzzatii. XXX. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in original and colonizing populations
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 314-323. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Moens, J Vanfleteren, Y Van de Peer, K Peeters, O Kapp, J Czeluzniak, M Goodman, M Blaxter, and S Vinogradov

Globins in nonvertebrate species: dispersal by horizontal gene transfer and evolution of the structure-function relationships
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 324-333. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MP Hare, SA Karl, and JC Avise

Anonymous nuclear DNA markers in the American oyster and their implications for the heterozygote deficiency phenomenon in marine bivalves
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 334-345. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RL Goodwin, H Baumann, and FG Berger

Patterns of divergence during evolution of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitors in mammals
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 346-358. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VL Friesen, AJ Baker, and JF Piatt

Phylogenetic relationships within the Alcidae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from total molecular evidence
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 359-367. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HF Stanley, S Casey, JM Carnahan, S Goodman, J Harwood, and RK Wayne

Worldwide patterns of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 368-382. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Goremykin, V Bobrova, J Pahnke, A Troitsky, A Antonov, and W Martin

Noncoding sequences from the slowly evolving chloroplast inverted repeat in addition to rbcL data do not support gnetalean affinities of angiosperms
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 383-396. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EC Metz and SR Palumbi

Positive selection and sequence rearrangements generate extensive polymorphism in the gamete recognition protein bindin
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 397-406. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U Arnason and A Gullberg

Cytochrome b nucleotide sequences and the identification of five primary lineages of extant cetaceans
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 407-417. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

WR Hoeh, DT Stewart, BW Sutherland, and E Zouros

Cytochrome c oxidase sequence comparisons suggest an unusually high rate of mitochondrial DNA evolution in Mytilus (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 418-421. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DP Mindel, A Knight, C Baer, and CJ Huddleston

Slow Rates of Molecular Evolution in Birds and the Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature Hypotheses
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 422-426. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Barbadilla, LM King, and RC Lewontin

What does electrophoretic variation tell us about protein variation?
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 427-432. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NT Miyashita, H Innan, and R Terauchi

Intra- and interspecific variation of the alcohol dehydrogenase locus region in wild plants Arabis gemmifera and Arabidopsis thaliana
Mol Biol Evol 1996 13: 433-436. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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