Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

SJ Patton, GN Luke, and PWH Holland

Complex History of a Chromosomal Paralogy Region: Insights from Amphioxus Aromatic Amino Acid Hydroxylase Genes and Insulin -Related Genes
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1373-1380. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O Håstad and M Böjrkland

Nucleotide Substitution Models and Estimation of Phylogeny
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1381-1389. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Marin, P Plata-Rengifo, M Labrador, and A Fontdevila

Evolutionary Relationships Among the Members of an Ancient Class of Non-LTR Retrotransposons Found in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1390-1402. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Tautz and L Nigro

Microevolutionary Divergence Pattern of the Segmentation Gene hunchback in Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1403-1411. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AW Bergen, M Pratt, PT Mehlman, and D Goldman

Evolution of RPS4Y
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1412-1419. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NT Miyashita, A Kawabe, H Innan, and R Terauchi

Intra- and Interspecific DNA Variation and Codon Bias of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase (Adh) Locus in Arabis and Arabidopsis Species
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1420-1429. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TJ Crease and DJ Taylor

The Origin and Evolution of Variable-Region Helices in V4 and V7 of the Small- Subunit Ribosomal RNA of Branchiopod Crustaceans
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1430-1446. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O Gotoh

Divergent Structures of Caenorhabditis elegans Cytochrome P450 Genes Suggest the Frequent Loss and Gain of Introns During the Evolution of Nematodes
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1447-1459. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Terai, K Takahashi, and N Okada

SINE Cousins: The 3'-End Tails of the Two Oldest and Distantly Related Families of SINEs are Descended from the 3' Ends of LINEs with the Same Genealogical Origin
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1460-1471. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Penzo, G Gandolfi, L Bargelloni, L Colombo, and T Patarnello

Messinian Salinity Crisis and the Origin of Freshwater Lifestyle in Western Mediterranean Gobies
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1472-1480. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GC Johns and JC Avise

A Comparative Summary of Genetic Distances in the Vertebrates from the Mitochondrial Cytochome b Gene
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1481-1490. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Cseke, N Dudareva, and E Pichersky

Structure and Evolution of Linalool Synthase
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1491-1498. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Hasegawa, Y Cao, and Z Yang

Preponderance of Slightly Deleterious Polymorphism in Mitochondrial DNA: Nonsynonymous/Synonymous Rate Ratio is Much Higher Within Species than Between Species
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1499-1505. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AW Spaulding and CD von Dohlen

Phylogenetic Characterization and Molecular Evolution of Bacterial Endosymbionts in Psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1506-1513. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AS Peek, RC Vrijenhoek, and BS Gaut

Accelerated Evolutionary Rate in Sulfur-Oxidizing Endosymbiotic Bacteria Associated with the Mode of Symbiont Transmission
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1514-1523. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Giraud, D Fortini, C Levis, and Y Brygoo

The Minisatellite MSB1, in the Fungus Botrytis cinerea, Probably Mutates by Slippage
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1524-1531. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Labrador, MDC Seleme, and A Fontdevila

The Evolutionary History of Drosophila buzzatii XXXIV. The Distribution of the Retrotansposon Osvaldo in Original and Colonizing Populations
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1532-1547. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Diaz-Lazcoz, J-C Aude, P Nitschké, H Chiapello, C Landès-Devauchelle, and J-L Risler

Evolution of Genes, Evolution of Species: The Case of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1548-1561. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

DA Petrov, Y-C Chao, EC Stephenson, and DL Hartl

Pseudogene Evolution in Drosophila Suggests a High Rate of DNA Loss
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1562-1567. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DP Mindell, MD Sorenson, and DE Dimcheff

An Extra Nucleotide is not Translated in Mitochondrial ND3 of Some Birds and Turtles
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1568-1571. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Stanger-Hall and CW Cunningham

Support for a Monophyletic Lemuriformes: Overcoming Incongruence Between Data Partitions
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1572-1577. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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