Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Doris Bachtrog, Martin Agis, Marianne Imhof, and Christian Schlötterer

Microsatellite Variability Differs Between Dinucleotide Repeat Motifs—Evidence from Drosophila melanogaster
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1277-1285. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas F. Duda, Jr and Stephen R. Palumbi

Evolutionary Diversification of Multigene Families: Allelic Selection of Toxins in Predatory Cone Snails
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1286-1293. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wen Wang, Jianming Zhang, Carlos Alvarez, Ana Llopart, and Manyuan Long

The Origin of the Jingwei Gene and the Complex Modular Structure of Its Parental Gene, Yellow Emperor, in Drosophila melanogaster
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1294-1301. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshihiko Tsumura, Yoshihisa Suyama, and Kensuke Yoshimura

Chloroplast DNA Inversion Polymorphism in Populations of Abies and Tsuga
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1302-1312. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zhijian Tu

Molecular and Evolutionary Analysis of Two Divergent Subfamilies of a Novel Miniature Inverted Repeat Transposable Element in the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1313-1325. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wen Wang and Hong Lan

Rapid and Parallel Chromosomal Number Reductions in Muntjac Deer Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1326-1333. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Schmitz, Martina Ohme, and Hans Zischler

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Tupaia belangeri and the Phylogenetic Affiliation of Scandentia to Other Eutherian Orders
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1334-1343. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther Betrán and Michael Ashburner

Duplication, Dicistronic Transcription, and Subsequent Evolution of the Alcohol dehydrogenase and Alcohol dehydrogenase-related Genes in Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1344-1352. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David B. Carlini, Kimberly S. Reece, and John E. Graves

Actin Gene Family Evolution and the Phylogeny of Coleoid Cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1353-1370. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl J. Fryxell and Emile Zuckerkandl

Cytosine Deamination Plays a Primary Role in the Evolution of Mammalian Isochores
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1371-1383. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott V. Edwards, Joe Gasper, Daniel Garrigan, Duane Martindale, and Ben F. Koop

A 39-kb Sequence Around a Blackbird Mhc Class II Gene: Ghost of Selection Past and Songbird Genome Architecture
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1384-1395. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Li Wang, Hiroki Oota, Naruya Saitou, Feng Jin, Takayuki Matsushita, and Shintaroh Ueda

Genetic Structure of a 2,500-Year-Old Human Population in China and Its Spatiotemporal Changes
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1396-1400. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satoshi Ota and Wen-Hsiung Li

NJML: A Hybrid Algorithm for the Neighbor-Joining and Maximum-Likelihood Methods
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1401-1409. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Marc Robinson-Rechavi*, Loïc Ponger, and Dominique Mouchiroud

Nuclear Gene LCAT Supports Rodent Monophyly
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1410-1412. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jianzhi Zhang and Masatoshi Nei

Positive Selection in the Evolution of Mammalian Interleukin-2 Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2000 17: 1413-1416. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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