Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Xun Gu

Maximum-Likelihood Approach for Gene Family Evolution Under Functional Divergence
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 453-464. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jose Castresana

Cytochrome b Phylogeny and the Taxonomy of Great Apes and Mammals
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 465-471. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristin S. Warren, Ernst J. Verschoor, Susan Langenhuijzen, Heriyanto, Ralph A. Swan, Linda Vigilant, and Jonathan L. Heeney

Speciation and Intrasubspecific Variation of Bornean Orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 472-480. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gráinne McGuire, Michael C. Denham, and David J. Balding

Models of Sequence Evolution for DNA Sequences Containing Gaps
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 481-490. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keiko Sakakibara, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe

Isolation of Homeodomain–Leucine Zipper Genes from the Moss Physcomitrella patens and the Evolution of Homeodomain–Leucine Zipper Genes in Land Plants
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 491-502. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chen Su and Masatoshi Nei

Evolutionary Dynamics of the T-Cell Receptor VB Gene Family as Inferred from the Human and Mouse Genomic Sequences
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 503-513. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Virginia P. Edgcomb, Andrew J. Roger, Alastair G. B. Simpson, David T. Kysela, and Mitchell L. Sogin

Evolutionary Relationships Among "Jakobid" Flagellates as Indicated by Alpha- and Beta-Tubulin Phylogenies
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 514-522. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph P. Bielawski and Ziheng Yang

Positive and Negative Selection in the DAZ Gene Family
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 523-529. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hilary G. Morrison, Andrew J. Roger, Todd G. Nystul, Frances D. Gillin, and Mitchell L. Sogin

Giardia lamblia Expresses a Proteobacterial-like DnaK Homolog
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 530-541. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evelyn Feng-Lin Chiang, Yi-Lin Yan, Yann Guiguen, John Postlethwait, and Bon-chu Chung

Two Cyp19 (P450 Aromatase) Genes on Duplicated Zebrafish Chromosomes Are Expressed in Ovary or Brain
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 542-550. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohamed A. F. Noor, Richard M. Kliman, and Carlos A. Machado

Evolutionary History of Microsatellites in the Obscura Group of Drosophila
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 551-556. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis and Andrew G. Clark

Differential Selection After Duplication in Mammalian Developmental Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 557-562. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy R. Schmidt, Wei Wu, Morris Goodman, and Lawrence I. Grossman

Evolution of Nuclear- and Mitochondrial-Encoded Subunit Interaction in Cytochrome c Oxidase
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 563-569. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele Coleman, Charles M. Matthews, and Clive N. A. Trotman

Multimeric Hemoglobin of the Australian Brine Shrimp Parartemia
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 570-576. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Hermann Ragg, Tatjana Lokot, Paul-Bertram Kamp, William R. Atchley, and Andreas Dress

Vertebrate Serpins: Construction of a Conflict-Free Phylogeny by Combining Exon-Intron and Diagnostic Site Analyses
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 577-584. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Blesa, Mónica Gandía, and María J. Martínez-Sebastián

Distribution of the bilbo Non-LTR Retrotransposon in Drosophilidae and its Evolution in the Drosophila obscura Species Group
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 585-592. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sawsan Khuri, Freek T. Bakker, and Jim M. Dunwell

Phylogeny, Function, and Evolution of the Cupins, a Structurally Conserved, Functionally Diverse Superfamily of Proteins
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 593-605. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu

Local Changes in GC/AT Substitution Biases and in Crossover Frequencies on Drosophila Chromosomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 606-619. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yun-Xin Fu

Estimating Mutation Rate and Generation Time from Longitudinal Samples of DNA Sequences
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 620-626. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lewis Lukens and John Doebley

Molecular Evolution of the teosinte branched Gene Among Maize and Related Grasses
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 627-638. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Ford

Molecular Evolution of Transferrin: Evidence for Positive Selection in Salmonids
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 639-647. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Hinrich Graf von der Schulenburg, John M. Hancock, Alistair Pagnamenta, John J. Sloggett, Michael E. N. Majerus, and Gregory D. D. Hurst

Extreme Length and Length Variation in the First Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer of Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 648-660. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Van Dooren, M. Salemi, and A.-M. Vandamme

Dating the Origin of the African Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-I (HTLV-I) Subtypes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 661-671. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Dupanloup and Giorgio Bertorelle

Inferring Admixture Proportions from Molecular Data: Extension to Any Number of Parental Populations
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 672-675. [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] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Michael S. Y. Lee

Uninformative Characters and Apparent Conflict Between Molecules and Morphology
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 676-680. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Robinson-Rechavi and Vincent Laudet

Evolutionary Rates of Duplicate Genes in Fish and Mammals
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 681-683. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Hsin Lin and David Penny

Implications for Bat Evolution from Two New Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 684-688. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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