Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

John F. Baines, Ying Chen, Aparup Das, and Wolfgang Stephan

DNA Sequence Variation at a Duplicated Gene: Excess of Replacement Polymorphism and Extensive Haplotype Structure in the Drosophila melanogaster bicoid Region
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 989-998. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jinshui Fan and Robert W. Lee

Mitochondrial Genome of the Colorless Green Alga Polytomella parva: Two Linear DNA Molecules with Homologous Inverted Repeat Termini
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 999-1007. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael E. Weale, Deborah A. Weiss, Rolf F. Jager, Neil Bradman, and Mark G. Thomas

Y Chromosome Evidence for Anglo-Saxon Mass Migration
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1008-1021. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tal Dagan, Yael Talmor, and Dan Graur

Ratios of Radical to Conservative Amino Acid Replacement are Affected by Mutational and Compositional Factors and May Not Be Indicative of Positive Darwinian Selection
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1022-1025. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jantien E. Oppentocht, Wilke van Delden, and Louis van de Zande

Isolation and Characterization of the Genomic Region from Drosophila kuntzei Containing the Adh and Adhr Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1026-1040. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Tzolovsky, Hadas Millo, Stephen Pathirana, Timothy Wood, and Mary Bownes

Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Myosins
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1041-1052. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorothée Huchon, Ole Madsen, Mark J. J. B. Sibbald, Kai Ament, Michael J. Stanhope, François Catzeflis, Wilfried W. de Jong, and Emmanuel J. P. Douzery

Rodent Phylogeny and a Timescale for the Evolution of Glires: Evidence from an Extensive Taxon Sampling Using Three Nuclear Genes
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1053-1065. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Joanna C. Chiu, Eric D. Brenner, Rob DeSalle, Michael N. Nitabach, Todd C. Holmes, and Gloria M. Coruzzi

Phylogenetic and Expression Analysis of the Glutamate-Receptor–Like Gene Family in Arabidopsis thaliana
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1066-1082. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Soojin Yi, Bryan Bernat, Gábor Pál, Anthony Kossiakoff, and Wen-Hsiung Li

Functional Promiscuity of Squirrel Monkey Growth Hormone Receptor Toward both Primate and Nonprimate Growth Hormones
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1083-1092. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenta Sumiyama, Naruya Saitou, and Shintaroh Ueda

Adaptive Evolution of the IgA Hinge Region in Primates
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1093-1099. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

L. R. Castro, A. D. Austin, and M. Dowton

Contrasting Rates of Mitochondrial Molecular Evolution in Parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1100-1113. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis and Andrew G. Clark

Evolution of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Mammalian Gene Regulatory Regions: Conservation and Turnover
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1114-1121. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Hideki Innan and Magnus Nordborg

Recombination or Mutational Hot Spots in Human mtDNA?
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1122-1127. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pascal Michon, Jamie R. Stevens, Osamu Kaneko, and John H. Adams

Evolutionary Relationships of Conserved Cysteine-Rich Motifs in Adhesive Molecules of Malaria Parasites
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1128-1142. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Bret A. Payseur, Asher D. Cutter, and Michael W. Nachman

Searching for Evidence of Positive Selection in the Human Genome Using Patterns of Microsatellite Variability
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1143-1153. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Vieira, Christiane Nardon, Christophe Arpin, David Lepetit, and Christian Biémont

Evolution of Genome Size in Drosophila. Is the Invader's Genome Being Invaded by Transposable Elements?
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1154-1161. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Ali Fares, Eladio Barrio, Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz, and Andrés Moya

The Evolution of the Heat-Shock Protein GroEL from Buchnera, the Primary Endosymbiont of Aphids, Is Governed by Positive Selection
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1162-1170. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan P. Bollback

Bayesian Model Adequacy and Choice in Phylogenetics
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1171-1180. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John A. Birdsell

Integrating Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Classical Genetics to Study the Effects of Recombination on Genome Evolution
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1181-1197. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

E. K. Steinberg, K. R. Lindner, J. Gallea, A. Maxwell, J. Meng, and F. W. Allendorf

Rates and Patterns of Microsatellite Mutations in Pink Salmon
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1198-1202. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas F. Fagan and J. Woodland Hastings

Phylogenetic Analysis Indicates Multiple Origins of Chloroplast Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Genes in Dinoflagellates
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1203-1207. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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