Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

DM Odorico and DJ Miller

Variation in the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S rDNA among five species of Acropora (Cnidaria; Scleractinia): patterns of variation consistent with reticulate evolution
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 465-473. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IB Jakobsen, SR Wilson, and S Easteal

The partition matrix: exploring variable phylogenetic signals along nucleotide sequence alignments
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 474-484. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Carranza, J Baguna, and M Riutort

Are the Platyhelminthes a monophyletic primitive group? An assessment using 18S rDNA sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 485-497. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Pawlowski, I Bolivar, JF Fahrni, C de Vargas, M Gouy, and L Zaninetti

Extreme differences in rates of molecular evolution of foraminifera revealed by comparison of ribosomal DNA sequences and the fossil record
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 498-505. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AM Nedelcu

Fragmented and scrambled mitochondrial ribosomal RNA coding regions among green algae: a model for their origin and evolution
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 506-517. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CH Sellem and L Belcour

Intron open reading frames as mobile elements and evolution of a group I intron
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 518-526. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Zhang and S Kumar

Detection of convergent and parallel evolution at the amino acid sequence level
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 527-536. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Gatesy

More DNA support for a Cetacea/Hippopotamidae clade: the blood-clotting protein gene gamma-fibrinogen
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 537-543. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SC Tsaur and CI Wu

Positive selection and the molecular evolution of a gene of male reproduction, Acp26Aa of Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 544-549. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Montgelard, FM Catzeflis, and E Douzery

Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 550-559. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Cesaroni, F Venanzetti, G Allegrucci, and V Sbordoni

Mitochondrial DNA Length Variation and Heteroplasmy in Natural Populations of the European Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 560-568. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MD Bargues and S Mas-Coma

Phylogenetic analysis of Lymnaeid snails based on 18S rDNA sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 569-577. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Chenuil, M Solignac, and M Bernard

Evolution of the large-subunit ribosomal RNA binding site for protein L23/25
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 578-588. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

HL Wang, ZY Yan, and DY Jin

Reanalysis of published DNA sequence amplified from cretaceous dinosaur egg fossil
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 589-591. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RD Bradley and DM Hillis

Recombinant DNA sequences generated by PCR amplification
Mol Biol Evol 1997 14: 592-593. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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