Molecular Biology and Evolution

Review Articles:

GB Golding and AM Dean

The structural basis of molecular adaptation
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 355-369. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

M van Tuinen, CG Sibley, and SB Hedges

Phylogeny and biogeography of ratite birds inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 370-376. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JH McDonald

Improved tests for heterogeneity across a region of DNA sequence in the ratio of polymorphism to divergence
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 377-384. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Dahlberg, M Bergstrom, M Andreasen, BB Christensen, S Molin, and M Hermansson

Interspecies Bacterial Comjugation by Plasmids from Marine Environments Visualized by gfp Expression
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 385-390. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Takahashi, Y Terai, M Nishida, and N Okada

A novel family of short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) from cichlids: the patterns of insertion of SINEs at orthologous loci support the proposed monophyly of four major groups of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 391-407. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Espinasa and R Borowsky

Evolutionary divergence of AP-PCR (RAPD) patterns
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 408-414. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Sanchez, MD Ganfornina, G Gutierrez, and MJ Bastiani

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a protein with potential oxygen-binding capabilities in the grasshopper embryo. A hemocyanin in insects?
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 415-426. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MF Hammer, T Karafet, A Rasanayagam, ET Wood, TK Altheide, T Jenkins, RC Griffiths, AR Templeton, and SL Zegura

Out of Africa and back again: nested cladistic analysis of human Y chromosome variation
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 427-441. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Rambaut and L Bromham

Estimating divergence dates from molecular sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 442-448. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LC Shimmin, J Miller, HN Tran, and WH Li

Contrasting levels of DNA polymorphism at the autosomal and X-linked visual color pigment loci in humans and squirrel monkeys
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 449-455. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DB Whitehouse, J Tomkins, JU Lovegrove, DA Hopkinson, and WO McMillan

A phylogenetic approach to the identification of phosphoglucomutase genes
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 456-462. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Zischler, H Geisert, and J Castresana

A hominoid-specific nuclear insertion of the mitochondrial D-loop: implications for reconstructing ancestral mitochondrial sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 463-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

M Finkelstein, WM Fitch, CA Lanciani, and MM Miyamoto

Estimating the Probabilities of Runs of Identical Events Within Biological Sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 470-472. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Balloux, E Ecoffey, L Fumagalli, J Goudet, A Wyttenbach, and J Hausser

Microsatellite conservation, polymorphism, and GC content in shrews of the genus Sorex (Insectivora, Mammalia)
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 473-475. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Paradis

Testing for Constant Diversification Rates Using Molecular Phylogenies: A General Approach Based on Statistical Tests for Goodness of Fit
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 476-479. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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