Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

JR Lobry and C Lobry

Evolution of DNA base composition under no-strand-bias conditions when the substitution rates are not constant
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 719-723. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JA Labate, CH Biermann, and WF Eanes

Nucleotide variation at the runt locus in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 724-731. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NJ Campbell and SC Barker

The novel mitochondrial gene arrangement of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus: fivefold tandem repetition of a coding region
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 732-740. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EC Holmes, R Urwin, and MC Maiden

The influence of recombination on the population structure and evolution of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 741-749. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Larget and DL Simon

Markov Chasin Monte Carlo Algorithms for the Bayesian Analysis of Phylogenetic Trees
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 750-759. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Z Tu

Genomic and evolutionary analysis of Feilai, a diverse family of highly reiterated SINEs in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 760-772. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NH Smith, EC Holmes, GM Donovan, GA Carpenter, and BG Spratt

Networks and groups within the genus Neisseria: analysis of argF, recA, rho, and 16S rRNA sequences from human Neisseria species
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 773-783. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Kumazawa and M Nishida

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the green turtle and blue- tailed mole skink: statistical evidence for archosaurian affinity of turtles
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 784-792. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HS Malik, WD Burke, and TH Eickbush

The age and evolution of non-LTR retrotransposable elements
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 793-805. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WR Pearson, G Robins, and T Zhang

Generalized neighbor-joining: more reliable phylogenetic tree reconstruction
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 806-816. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Brinkmann and H Philippe

Archaea sister group of Bacteria? Indications from tree reconstruction artifacts in ancient phylogenies
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 817-825. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Chiu, R DeSalle, HM Lam, L Meisel, and G Coruzzi

Molecular evolution of glutamate receptors: a primitive signaling mechanism that existed before plants and animals diverged
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 826-838. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ME Hellberg and VD Vacquier

Rapid evolution of fertilization selectivity and lysin cDNA sequences in teguline gastropods
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 839-848. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U Sorhannus and CV Bell

Testing for Equality of Molecular Evolutionary Rates: A Comparison Between a Relative-Rate Test and a Likelihood Ratio Test
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 849-855. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S OOta and N Saitou

Phylogenetic relationship of muscle tissues deduced from superimposition of gene trees
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 856-867. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Zhang

Performance of likelihood ratio tests of evolutionary hypotheses under inadequate substitution models
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 868-875. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

ME White and BI Crother

Diagnostic amino acids in actin genes: an idea whose time has gone
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 876-879. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Gonzalez-Cabo, MI Sanchez, J Canizares, JM Blanca, R Martinez-Arias, M De Castro, J Bertranpetit, F Palau, MD Molto, and R de Frutos

Incipient GAA repeats in the primate Friedreich ataxia homologous genes
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 880-883. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

R Duncan, MA Faggart, AJ Roger, and NW Cornell

Phylogenetic Analysis of the 5-Aminolevulinate Synthase Gene
Mol Biol Evol 1999 16: 884. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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