Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Peter Andolfatto

Contrasting Patterns of X-Linked and Autosomal Nucleotide Variation in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 279-290. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Molly Przeworski, Jeffrey D. Wall, and Peter Andolfatto

Recombination and the Frequency Spectrum in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 291-298. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Akie Sato, Herbert Tichy, Colm O'hUigin, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, and Jan Klein

On the Origin of Darwin's Finches
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 299-311. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Nars and Mauno Vihinen

Coevolution of the Domains of Cytoplasmic Tyrosine Kinases
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 312-321. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saverio Brogna, Panayiotis V. Benos, Giuliano Gasperi, and Charalambos Savakis

The Drosophila Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene May Have Evolved Independently of the Functionally Homologous Medfly, Olive Fly, and Flesh Fly Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 322-329. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rafael Sanjuán and Ignacio Marín

Tracing the Origin of the Compensasome: Evolutionary History of DEAH Helicase and MYST Acetyltransferase Gene Families
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 330-343. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen J. Willson

An Error-Correcting Map for Quartets Can Improve the Signals for Phylogenetic Trees
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 344-351. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [ ] [Appendix]  [Request Permissions]  

Hirohisa Kishino, Jeffrey L. Thorne, and William J. Bruno

Performance of a Divergence Time Estimation Method under a Probabilistic Model of Rate Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 352-361. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Camilla L. Nesbo, Stéphane L'Haridon, Karl O. Stetter, and W. Ford Doolittle

Phylogenetic Analyses of Two "Archaeal" Genes in Thermotoga maritima Reveal Multiple Transfers Between Archaea and Bacteria
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 362-375. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Willie J. Swanson, Charles F. Aquadro, and Victor D. Vacquier

Polymorphism in Abalone Fertilization Proteins Is Consistent with the Neutral Evolution of the Egg's Receptor for Lysin (VERL) and Positive Darwinian Selection of Sperm Lysin
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 376-383. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jason Wilder and Hope Hollocher

Mobile Elements and the Genesis of Microsatellites in Dipterans
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 384-392. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Klonisch, Christine Froehlich, Frank Tetens, Bernd Fischer, and Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Molecular Remodeling of Members of the Relaxin Family During Primate Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 393-403. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liisa B. Koski, Richard A. Morton, and G. Brian Golding

Codon Bias and Base Composition Are Poor Indicators of Horizontally Transferred Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 404-412. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Richard M. Sibly, John C. Whittaker, and Melanie Talbot

A Maximum-Likelihood Approach to Fitting Equilibrium Models of Microsatellite Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 413-417. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naomi M. Fast, Jessica C. Kissinger, David S. Roos, and Patrick J. Keeling

Nuclear-Encoded, Plastid-Targeted Genes Suggest a Single Common Origin for Apicomplexan and Dinoflagellate Plastids
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 418-426. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jean-Nicolas Volff, Cornelia Körting, Axel Meyer, and Manfred Schartl

Evolution and Discontinuous Distribution of Rex3 Retrotransposons in Fish
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 427-431. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto de la Herrán, Francesco Fontana, Massimo Lanfredi, Leonardo Congiu, Marilena Leis, Remigio Rossi, Carmelo Ruiz Rejón, Manuel Ruiz Rejón, and Manuel A. Garrido-Ramos

Slow Rates of Evolution and Sequence Homogenization in an Ancient Satellite DNA Family of Sturgeons
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 432-436. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Peter D. Olson, Maximilian J. Telford, Elisabeth A. Herniou, and Marta Riutort

Elongation Factor 1-Alpha Sequences Alone Do Not Assist in Resolving the Position of the Acoela Within the Metazoa
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 437-442. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margaret Butler, Timothy Goodwin, and Russell Poulter

An Unusual Vertebrate LTR Retrotransposon from the Cod Gadus morhua
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 443-447. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra V. Andreeva and Mikhail A. Kutuzov

PPP Family of Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases: Two Distinct Branches?
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 448-452. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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