Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

CJ Brown, KM Todd, and RF Rosenzweig

Multiple duplications of yeast hexose transport genes in response to selection in a glucose-limited environment
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 931-942. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Budin and H Philippe

New insights into the phylogeny of eukaryotes based on ciliate Hsp70 sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 943-956. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Reyes, C Gissi, G Pesole, and C Saccone

Asymmetrical directional mutation pressure in the mitochondrial genome of mammals
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 957-966. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DR Bickel and BJ West

Molecular evolution modeled as a fractal Poisson process in agreement with mammalian sequence comparisons
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 967-977. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HY Hirano, M Eiguchi, and Y Sano

A single base change altered the regulation of the Waxy gene at the posttranscriptional level during the domestication of rice
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 978-987. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Cirera and M Aguade

Molecular evolution of a duplication: the sex-peptide (Acp70A) gene region of Drosophila subobscura and Drosophila madeirensis
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 988-996. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CR Primmer and H Ellegren

Patterns of molecular evolution in avian microsatellites
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 997-1008. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Arndt and MJ Smith

Mitochondrial gene rearrangement in the sea cucumber genus Cucumaria
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1009-1016. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Ardini, G Pesole, E Tagliabue, A Magnifico, V Castronovo, ME Sobel, MI Colnaghi, and S Menard

The 67-kDa laminin receptor originated from a ribosomal protein that acquired a dual function during evolution
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1017-1025. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ZH Su, O Tominaga, M Okamoto, and S Osawa

Origin and diversification of hindwingless Damaster ground beetles within the Japanese islands as deduced from mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1026-1039. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SC Tsaur, CT Ting, and CI Wu

Positive selection driving the evolution of a gene of male reproduction, Acp26Aa, of Drosophila: II. Divergence versus polymorphism
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1040-1046. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CR Primmer, N Saino, AP Moller, and H Ellegren

Unraveling the Processes of Microsatellite Evolution Through Analysis of Germ Line Mutations in Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1047-1054. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BG Hall and HS Malik

Determining the evolutionary potential of a gene
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1055-1061. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Mestrovic, M Plohl, B Mravinac, and D Ugarkovic

Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus--experimental evidence for the "library" hypothesis
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1062-1068. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AK Pedersen, C Wiuf, and FB Christiansen

A codon-based model designed to describe lentiviral evolution
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1069-1081. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

AL Denton, BL McConaughy, and BD Hall

Usefulness of RNA polymerase II coding sequences for estimation of green plant phylogeny
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1082-1085. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Poe

The Effect of Taxonomic Sampling on Accuracy of Phylogeny Estimation: Test Case of a Known Phylogeny
Mol Biol Evol 1998 15: 1086-1090. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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