Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

JN Volff, C Korting, K Sweeney, and M Schartl

The non-LTR retrotransposon Rex3 from the fish Xiphophorus is widespread among teleosts
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1427-1438. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Amador and E Juan

Nonfixed duplication containing the Adh gene and a truncated form of the Adhr gene in the Drosophila funebris species group: different modes of evolution of Adh relative to Adhr in Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1439-1456. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RM Bush, WM Fitch, CA Bender, and NJ Cox

Positive selection on the H3 hemagglutinin gene of human influenza virus A
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1457-1465. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AD Greenwood, C Capelli, G Possnert, and S Paabo

Nuclear DNA sequences from late Pleistocene megafauna
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1466-1473. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CP Vieira, J Vieira, and D Charlesworth

Evolution of the cycloidea gene family in Antirrhinum and Misopates
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1474-1483. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Lafay and PM Sharp

Synonymous codon usage variation among Giardia lamblia genes and isolates
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1484-1495. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EJ Feil, MC Maiden, M Achtman, and BG Spratt

The relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the divergence of clones of Neisseria meningitidis
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1496-1502. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Nouaud, B Boeda, L Levy, and D Anxolabehere

A P element has induced intron formation in Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1503-1510. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AM Baldo, DH Les, and LD Strausbaugh

Potentials and limitations of histone repeat sequences for phylogenetic reconstruction of Sophophora
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1511-1520. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Hughes, D Zelus, and D Mouchiroud

Warm-blooded isochore structure in Nile crocodile and turtle
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1521-1527. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Long and M Deutsch

Association of intron phases with conservation at splice site sequences and evolution of spliceosomal introns
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1528-1534. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Wierinckx, D Mercier, A Oulmouden, JM Petit, and R Julien

Complete genomic organization of futb encoding a bovine alpha 3- fucosyltransferase: exons in human orthologous genes emerged from ancestral intronic sequences
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1535-1547. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DM Irwin, O Huner, and JH Youson

Lamprey proglucagon and the origin of glucagon-like peptides
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1548-1557. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AL Hughes

Concerted evolution of exons and introns in the MHC-linked tenascin-X gene of mammals
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1558-1567. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G McColl and SW McKechnie

The Drosophila heat shock hsr-omega gene: an allele frequency cline detected by quantitative PCR
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1568-1574. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SE Stanley and RG Harrison

Cytochrome b evolution in birds and mammals: an evaluation of the avian constraint hypothesis
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1575-1585. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MA Clark, NA Moran, and P Baumann

Sequence evolution in bacterial endosymbionts having extreme base compositions
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1586-1598. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Garrigan and SV Edwards

Polymorphism across an exon-intron boundary in an avian Mhc class II B gene
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1599-1606. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Hatta, H Fukami, W Wang, M Omori, K Shimoike, T Hayashibara, Y Ina, and T Sugiyama

Reproductive and genetic evidence for a reticulate evolutionary history of mass-spawning corals
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1607-1613. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Tatout, S Warwick, A Lenoir, and J-M Deragon

SINE Insertions as Clade Markers for Wild Crucifer Species
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1614-1621. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JC Wu, TY Chiang, WK Shiue, SY Wang, IJ Sheen, YH Huang, and WJ Syu

Recombination of hepatitis D virus RNA sequences and its implications
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1622-1632. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Jaruzelska, E Zietkiewicz, and D Labuda

Is selection responsible for the low level of variation in the last intron of the ZFY locus?
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1633-1640. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

MM Alba, MF Santibanez-Koref, and JM Hancock

Conservation of polyglutamine tract size between mice and humans depends on codon interruption
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 1641-1644. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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