Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

R Bleiweiss

Relative-Rate Tests and Biological Causes of Molecular Evolution in Hummingbirds
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 481-491. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Bleiweiss

Phylogeny, Body Mass, and Genetic Cponsequences of Lek-Mating Behavior in Hummingbirds
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 492-498. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Reyes, G Pesole, and C Saccone

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the fat dormouse, Glis glis: further evidence of rodent paraphyly
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 499-505. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Zardoya, Y Cao, M Hasegawa, and A Meyer

Searching for the Closest Living Relative(s) of Tetrapods Through Evolutionary Analysis of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Data
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 506-517. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Tsunoyama and T Gojobori

Evolution of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 518-527. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Barbeyron, A Gerard, P Potin, B Henrissat, and B Kloareg

The kappa-carrageenase of the marine bacterium Cytophaga drobachiensis. Structural and phylogenetic relationships within family-16 glycoside hydrolases
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 528-537. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Charlesworth

Measures of divergence between populations and the effect of forces that reduce variability
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 538-543. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CY Miyaki, SR Matioli, T Burke, and A Wajntal

Parrot Evolution and Paleogeographical Events: Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 544-551. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Charlesworth, FL Liu, and L Zhang

The evolution of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene family by loss of introns in plants of the genus Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae)
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 552-559. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Yokoyama and FB Radlwimmer

The "five-sites" rule and the evolution of red and green color vision in mammals
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 560-567. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Z Yang

Likelihood ratio tests for detecting positive selection and application to primate lysozyme evolution
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 568-573. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EU Brynnel, CG Kurland, NA Moran, and SG Andersson

Evolutionary rates for tuf genes in endosymbionts of aphids
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 574-582. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MA Huynen and E van Nimwegen

The frequency distribution of gene family sizes in complete genomes
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 583-589. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Maynard Smith and NH Smith

Detecting recombination from gene trees
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 590-599. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NA Williams and PW Holland

Gene and domain duplication in the chordate Otx gene family: insights from amphioxus Otx
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 600-607. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

D Penny, RP Murray-McIntosh, and MD Hendy

Estimating times of divergence with a change of rate: the orangutan/African ape divergence
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 608-610. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VV Kapitonov, GP Holmquist, and J Jurka

L1 repeat is a basic unit of heterochromatin satellites in cetaceans
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 611-612. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O Rose and D Falush

A threshold size for microsatellite expansion
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 613-615. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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