Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Mark P. Simmons, C. Donovan Bailey, and Kevin C. Nixon

Phylogeny Reconstruction Using Duplicate Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 469-473. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Savolainen, Lars Arvestad, and Joakim Lundeberg

mtDNA Tandem Repeats in Domestic Dogs and Wolves: Mutation Mechanism Studied by Analysis of the Sequence of Imperfect Repeats
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 474-488. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Ciro Rico, George F. Turner, and Godfrey M. Hewitt

Extensive Homoplasy, Nonstepwise Mutations, and Shared Ancestral Polymorphism at a Complex Microsatellite Locus in Lake Malawi Cichlids
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 489-498. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Badr, K. M, R. Sch, H. El Rabey, S. Effgen, H. H. Ibrahim, C. Pozzi, W. Rohde, and F. Salamini

On the Origin and Domestication History of Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 499-510. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen J. Freeland, Robin D. Knight, Laura F. Landweber, and Laurence D. Hurst

Early Fixation of an Optimal Genetic Code
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 511-518. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christiane Delarbre, Hector Escriva, Cyril Gallut, Véronique Barriel, Philippe Kourilsky, Philippe Janvier, Vincent Laudet, and Gabriel Gachelin

The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Mitochondrial DNA of the Agnathan Lampetra fluviatilis: Bearings on the Phylogeny of Cyclostomes
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 519-529. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert E. Hickson, Chris Simon, and Soren W. Perrey

The Performance of Several Multiple-Sequence Alignment Programs in Relation to Secondary-Structure Features for an rRNA Sequence
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 530-539. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Castresana

Selection of Conserved Blocks from Multiple Alignments for Their Use in Phylogenetic Analysis
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 540-552. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher S. Willett

Evidence for Directional Selection Acting on Pheromone-Binding Proteins in the Genus Choristoneura
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 553-562. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Charles de Q. Robin, R. J. Russell, D. J. Cutler, and J. G. Oakeshott

The Evolution of an -Esterase Pseudogene Inactivated in the Drosophila melanogaster Lineage
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 563-575. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe-G. Maier, Martin Fraunholz, Stefan Zauner, Susanne Penny, and Susan Douglas

A Nucleomorph-Encoded CbbX and the Phylogeny of RuBisCo Regulators
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 576-583. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Hinrich G. v. d. Schulenburg, Gregory D. D. Hurst, Ties M. E. Huigens, Francis M. Jiggins, and Michael E. N. Majerus

Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of Wolbachia ftsZ and wsp Gene Sequences with Special Reference to the Origin of Male-Killing
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 584-600. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuyuki Inomata and Tsuneyuki Yamazaki

Evolution of Nucleotide Substitutions and Gene Regulation in the Amylase Multigenes in Drosophila kikkawai and its Sibling Species
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 601-615. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen C. Hardies, Liping Wang, Lanxin Zhou, Yingping Zhao, N. Carol Casavant, and Shijun Huang

LINE-1 (L1) Lineages in the Mouse
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 616-628. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naruo Nikoh and Takema Fukatsu

Interkingdom Host Jumping Underground: Phylogenetic Analysis of Entomoparasitic Fungi of the Genus Cordyceps
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 629-638. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Hickerson and C. W. Cunningham

Dramatic Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangements in the Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus (Crustacea, Anomura)
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 639-644. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Outi Savolainen, C. H. Langley, B. P. Lazzaro, and Hélène Fr

Contrasting Patterns of Nucleotide Polymorphism at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Locus in the Outcrossing Arabidopsis lyrata and the Selfing Arabidopsis thaliana
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 645-655. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas J. Tourasse and Wen-Hsiung Li

Selective Constraints, Amino Acid Composition, and the Rate of Protein Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 656-664. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Reza Shariflou and Chris Moran

Conservation Within Artiodactyls of an AATA Interrupt in the IGF-I Microsatellite for 19–35 Million Years
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 665-669. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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