Molecular Biology and Evolution

Review Articles:

John S. Mattick and Michael J. Gagen

The Evolution of Controlled Multitasked Gene Networks: The Role of Introns and Other Noncoding RNAs in the Development of Complex Organisms
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1611-1630. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Naruo Nikoh and Takema Fukatsu

Evolutionary Dynamics of Multiple Group I Introns in Nuclear Ribosomal RNA Genes of Endoparasitic Fungi of the Genus Cordyceps
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1631-1642. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María Noel Cortinas and Enrique P. Lessa

Molecular Evolution of Aldolase A Pseudogenes in Mice: Multiple Origins, Subsequent Duplications, and Heterogeneity of Evolutionary Rates
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1643-1653. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirsten M. Müller, Jamie J. Cannone, Robin R. Gutell, and Robert G. Sheath

A Structural and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Group IC1 Introns in the Order Bangiales (Rhodophyta)
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1654-1667. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Germot, G. Lecointre, J.-L. Plouhinec, C. Le Mentec, F. Girardot, and S. Mazan

Structural Evolution of Otx Genes in Craniates
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1668-1678. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ettore Randi, Massimo Pierpaoli, Mark Beaumont, Bernardino Ragni, and Andrea Sforzi

Genetic Identification of Wild and Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris) and Their Hybrids Using Bayesian Clustering Methods
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1679-1693. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Wuchty

Scale-Free Behavior in Protein Domain Networks
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1694-1702. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Héctor Musto, Stéphane Cruveiller, Giuseppe D'Onofrio, Héctor Romero, and Giorgio Bernardi

Translational Selection on Codon Usage in Xenopus laevis
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1703-1707. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio H. Slamovits, Joseph A. Cook, Enrique P. Lessa, and M. Susana Rossi

Recurrent Amplifications and Deletions of Satellite DNA Accompanied Chromosomal Diversification in South American Tuco-tucos (Genus Ctenomys, Rodentia: Octodontidae): A Phylogenetic Approach
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1708-1719. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Justin Faris, Anchalee Sirikhachornkit, Robert Haselkorn, Bikram Gill, and Piotr Gornicki

Chromosome Mapping and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Cytosolic Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Loci in Wheat
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1720-1733. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin G. Helfenbein, Wesley M. Brown, and Jeffrey L. Boore

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Articulate Brachiopod Terebratalia transversa
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1734-1744. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yin-Long Qiu, Jungho Lee, Barbara A. Whitlock, Fabiana Bernasconi-Quadroni, and Olena Dombrovska

Was the ANITA Rooting of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Affected by Long-Branch Attraction?
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1745-1753. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie-Theres Hauser, Bettina Harr, and Christian Schlötterer

Trichome Distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana and its Close Relative Arabidopsis lyrata: Molecular Analysis of the Candidate Gene GLABROUS1
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1754-1763. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathon R. Stone and Gregory A. Wray

Rapid Evolution of cis-Regulatory Sequences via Local Point Mutations
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1764-1770. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jian-Min Chen, Chris Cutler, Caroline Jacques, Erick Denamur, Guillaume Lecointre, Bernard Mercier, Gordon Cramb, and Claude Férec

A Combined Analysis of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator: Implications for Structure and Disease Models
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1771-1788. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Eduardo P. C. Rocha and Antoine Danchin

Ongoing Evolution of Strand Composition in Bacterial Genomes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1789-1799. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zoltan Takacs, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, and Steve Sorota

Snake -Neurotoxin Binding Site on the Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Is Conserved
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1800-1809. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dawne Vernon, Robin R. Gutell, Jamie J. Cannone, Robert W. Rumpf, and C. William Birky, Jr

Accelerated Evolution of Functional Plastid rRNA and Elongation Factor Genes Due to Reduced Protein Synthetic Load After the Loss of Photosynthesis in the Chlorophyte Alga Polytoma
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1810-1822. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Michael S. Rosenberg and Sudhir Kumar

Traditional Phylogenetic Reconstruction Methods Reconstruct Shallow and Deep Evolutionary Relationships Equally Well
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1823-1827. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renfu Shao, Nick J. H. Campbell, Evan R. Schmidt, and Stephen C. Barker

Increased Rate of Gene Rearrangement in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Three Orders of Hemipteroid Insects
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1828-1832. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tobias Mourier, Anders J. Hansen, Eske Willerslev, and Peter Arctander

The Human Genome Project Reveals a Continuous Transfer of Large Mitochondrial Fragments to the Nucleus
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1833-1837. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Guindon and Guy Perrière

Intragenomic Base Content Variation Is a Potential Source of Biases When Searching for Horizontally Transferred Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2001 18: 1838-1840. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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