Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Satoshi Ota and Wen-Hsiung Li

NJML+: An Extension of the NJML Method to Handle Protein Sequence Data and Computer Software Implementation
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1983-1992. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaki Miya, Akira Kawaguchi, and Mutsumi Nishida

Mitogenomic Exploration of Higher Teleostean Phylogenies: A Case Study for Moderate-Scale Evolutionary Genomics with 38 Newly Determined Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1993-2009. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hannah Montell, Anna-Karin Fridolfsson, and Hans Ellegren

Contrasting Levels of Nucleotide Diversity on the Avian Z and W Sex Chromosomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2010-2016. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan Michaux, Aurelio Reyes, and François Catzeflis

Evolutionary History of the Most Speciose Mammals: Molecular Phylogeny of Muroid Rodents
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2017-2031. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin J. Lercher, Elizabeth J. B. Williams, and Laurence D. Hurst

Local Similarity in Evolutionary Rates Extends over Whole Chromosomes in Human-Rodent and Mouse-Rat Comparisons: Implications for Understanding the Mechanistic Basis of the Male Mutation Bias
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2032-2039. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Liberles

Evaluation of Methods for Determination of a Reconstructed History of Gene Sequence Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2040-2047. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. D. J. Overall and R. A. Nichols

A Method for Distinguishing Consanguinity and Population Substructure Using Multilocus Genotype Data
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2048-2056. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhiko Takahashi, Yohey Terai, Mutsumi Nishida, and Norihiro Okada

Phylogenetic Relationships and Ancient Incomplete Lineage Sorting Among Cichlid Fishes in Lake Tanganyika as Revealed by Analysis of the Insertion of Retroposons
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2057-2066. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy J. D. Goodwin and Russell T. M. Poulter

The DIRS1 Group of Retrotransposons
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2067-2082. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katiana Saunier, Jean-Pierre Barreaud, André Eggen, Rafael Oriol, Hubert Levéziel, Raymond Julien, and Jean-Michel Petit

Organization of the Bovine 2-Fucosyltransferase Gene Cluster Suggests that the Sec1 Gene Might Have Been Shaped Through a Nonautonomous L1-Retrotransposition Event Within the Same Locus
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2083-2091. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Tiffin and Brandon S. Gaut

Molecular Evolution of the Wound-Induced Serine Protease Inhibitor wip1 in Zea and Related Genera
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2092-2101. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans, Rosilde J. M. Dijkhof, Tineke Veenendaal, Jan J. van der Poel, Robert D. Nicholls, Henk Bovenhuis, and Martien A. M. Groenen

The Gene Orders on Human Chromosome 15 and Chicken Chromosome 10 Reveal Multiple Inter- and Intrachromosomal Rearrangements
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2102-2109. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sergei N. Avedisov, Igor B. Rogozin, Eugene V. Koonin, and Barbara J. Thomas

Rapid Evolution of a Cyclin A Inhibitor Gene, roughex, in Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2110-2118. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Mauro F. Santibáñez-Koref, Rathithevy Gangeswaran, and John M. Hancock

A Relationship Between Lengths of Microsatellites and Nearby Substitution Rates in Mammalian Genomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2119-2123. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nick G. C. Smith and Adam Eyre-Walker

Nucleotide Substitution Rate Estimation in Enterobacteria: Approximate and Maximum-Likelihood Methods Lead to Similar Conclusions
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2124-2126. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuel D. Ladoukakis and Eleftherios Zouros

Recombination in Animal Mitochondrial DNA: Evidence from Published Sequences
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2127-2131. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Julien Meunier and Adam Eyre-Walker

The Correlation Between Linkage Disequilibrium and Distance: Implications for Recombination in Hominid Mitochondria
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2132-2135. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Dawn Marshall, Craig Newton, and Kermit Ritland

Sequence-Repeat Polymorphisms Exhibit the Signature of Recombination in Lodgepole Pine Chloroplast DNA
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2136-2138. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Erratum
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2139. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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