Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Lev A. Zhivotovsky, David B. Goldstein, and Marcus W. Feldman

Genetic Sampling Error of Distance (µ)² and Variation in Mutation Rate Among Microsatellite Loci
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2141-2145. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sidney Delgado, Didier Casane, Laure Bonnaud, Michel Laurin, Jean-Yves Sire, and Marc Girondot

Molecular Evidence for Precambrian Origin of Amelogenin, the Major Protein of Vertebrate Enamel
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2146-2153. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Breitling, Daniela Laubner, and Jerzy Adamski

Structure-based Phylogenetic Analysis of Short-chain Alcohol Dehydrogenases and Reclassification of the 17beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Family
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2154-2161. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ivan Atanassov, Catherine Delichère, Dmitry A. Filatov, Deborah Charlesworth, Ioan Negrutiu, and Françoise Monéger

Analysis and Evolution of Two Functional Y-Linked Loci in a Plant Sex Chromosome System
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2162-2168. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guillaume Queney, Nuno Ferrand, Steven Weiss, Florence Mougel, and Monique Monnerot

Stationary Distributions of Microsatellite Loci Between Divergent Population Groups of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2169-2178. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshiyuki Suzuki and Masatoshi Nei

Reliabilities of Parsimony-based and Likelihood-based Methods for Detecting Positive Selection at Single Amino Acid Sites
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2179-2185. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Boissinot and Anthony V. Furano

Adaptive Evolution in LINE-1 Retrotransposons
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2186-2194. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander E. Vinogradov

Bendable Genes of Warm-blooded Vertebrates
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2195-2200. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela R. Omilian and Derek J. Taylor

Rate Acceleration and Long-branch Attraction in a Conserved Gene of Cryptic Daphniid (Crustacea) Species
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2201-2212. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nika Lovsin, Franc Gubensek, and Dusan Kordi

Evolutionary Dynamics in a Novel L2 Clade of Non-LTR Retrotransposons in Deuterostomia
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2213-2224. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Randall J. DeJong, Jess A. T. Morgan, W. Lobato Paraense, Jean-Pierre Pointier, Manuel Amarista, Patrick F. K. Ayeh-Kumi, Ahmed Babiker, Constança S. Barbosa, Philippe Brémond, Andrés Pedro Canese, Cecilia Pereira de Souza, Claudio Dominguez, Sharon File, Alfredo Gutierrez, R. Nino Incani, Toshie Kawano, Francis Kazibwe, John Kpikpi, Nicholas J. S. Lwambo, Remy Mimpfoundi, Flobert Njiokou, Jean Noël Poda, M. Sene, Luz Elena Velásquez, Mary Yong, Coen M. Adema, Bruce V. Hofkin, Gerald M. Mkoji, and Eric S. Loker

Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with Implications Regarding Its Role as Host of the Human Bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2225-2239. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Martin Figge and Rüdiger Cerff

GAPDH Gene Diversity in Spirochetes: A Paradigm for Genetic Promiscuity
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2240-2249. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvia Y. Kawashita, Gerdine F. O. Sanson, Octavio Fernandes, Bianca Zingales, and Marcelo R. S. Briones

Maximum-Likelihood Divergence Date Estimates Based on rRNA Gene Sequences Suggest Two Scenarios of Trypanosoma cruzi Intraspecific Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2250-2259. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Carr, Judith R. Soloway, Thelma E. Robinson, and John F. Y. Brookfield

An Investigation of the Cause of Low Variability on the Fourth Chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2260-2269. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adriana D. Briscoe

Functional Diversification of Lepidopteran Opsins Following Gene Duplication
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2270-2279. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guillaume Achaz, Pierre Netter, and Eric Coissac

Study of Intrachromosomal Duplications Among the Eukaryote Genomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2280-2288. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith L. Adams, Han Chuan Ong, and Jeffrey D. Palmer

Mitochondrial Gene Transfer in Pieces: Fission of the Ribosomal Protein Gene rpl2 and Partial or Complete Gene Transfer to the Nucleus
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2289-2297. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Korbinian Strimmer and Oliver G. Pybus

Exploring the Demographic History of DNA Sequences Using the Generalized Skyline Plot
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2298-2305. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ignacio Bolivar, José F. Fahrni, Alexei Smirnov, and Jan Pawlowski

SSU rRNA-based Phylogenetic Position of the Genera Amoeba and Chaos (Lobosea, Gymnamoebia): The Origin of Gymnamoebae Revisited
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2306-2314. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alain Lenoir, Laurence Lavie, José-Luis Prieto, Chantal Goubely, Jean-Charles Cote, Thierry Pélissier, and Jean-Marc Deragon

The Evolutionary Origin and Genomic Organization of SINEs in Arabidopsis thaliana
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2315-2322. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Csaba Pál, Balázs Papp, and Laurence D. Hurst

Does the Recombination Rate Affect the Efficiency of Purifying Selection? The Yeast Genome Provides a Partial Answer
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2323-2326. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xun Gu

A Site-specific Measure for Rate Difference After Gene Duplication or Speciation
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2327-2330. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Easteal

Editor's Report for June 2000–May 2001
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2331-2332. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Council and Business Meetings, 2001
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2333-2334. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Erratum
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 2350. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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