Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

J. Romeike, T. Friedl, G. Helms, and S. Ott

Genetic Diversity of Algal and Fungal Partners in Four Species of Umbilicaria (Lichenized Ascomycetes) Along a Transect of the Antarctic Peninsula
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1209-1217. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Baumel, Malika Ainouche, Ruslan Kalendar, and Alan H. Schulman

Retrotransposons and Genomic Stability in Populations of the Young Allopolyploid Species Spartina anglica C.E. Hubbard (Poaceae)
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1218-1227. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sergei Korneev and Michael O'Shea

Evolution of Nitric Oxide Synthase Regulatory Genes by DNA Inversion
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1228-1233. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Haleh Amiri, Cecilia M. Alsmark, and Siv G. E. Andersson

Proliferation and Deterioration of Rickettsia Palindromic Elements
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1234-1243. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Hofreiter, Cristian Capelli, Matthias Krings, Lisette Waits, Nicholas Conard, Susanne Münzel, Gernot Rabeder, Doris Nagel, Maja Paunovic, Gordana Jambresic, Sonja Meyer, Gunter Weiss, and Svante Pääbo

Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal High Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity and Parallel Morphological Evolution of Late Pleistocene Cave Bears
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1244-1250. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Yves Vigouroux, Jennifer S. Jaqueth, Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Oscar S. Smith, William D. Beavis, J. Stephen C. Smith, and John Doebley

Rate and Pattern of Mutation at Microsatellite Loci in Maize
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1251-1260. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Valérie Le Corre, Fabrice Roux, and Xavier Reboud

DNA Polymorphism at the FRIGIDA Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana: Extensive Nonsynonymous Variation Is Consistent with Local Selection for Flowering Time
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1261-1271. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Agostinho Antunes, Alan R. Templeton, René Guyomard, and Paulo Alexandrino

The Role of Nuclear Genes in Intraspecific Evolutionary Inference: Genealogy of the transferrin Gene in the Brown Trout
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1272-1287. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Cassandra J. Vandenberg, Charles M. Matthews, and Clive N. A. Trotman

Variant Subunit Specificity in the Quaternary Structure of Artemia Hemoglobin
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1288-1291. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jim Leebens-Mack and Claude dePamphilis

Power Analysis of Tests for Loss of Selective Constraint in Cave Crayfish and Nonphotosynthetic Plant Lineages
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1292-1302. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhiko Takahashi and Norihiro Okada

Mosaic Structure and Retropositional Dynamics During Evolution of Subfamilies of Short Interspersed Elements in African Cichlids
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1303-1312. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Howard S. Judelson

Sequence Variation and Genomic Amplification of a Family of Gypsy-like Elements in the Oomycete Genus Phytophthora
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1313-1322. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jason P. Curole and Thomas D. Kocher

Ancient Sex-Specific Extension of the Cytochrome c Oxidase II Gene in Bivalves and the Fidelity of Doubly-Uniparental Inheritance
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1323-1328. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joan Pons, Eduard Petitpierre, and Carlos Juan

Evolutionary Dynamics of Satellite DNA Family PIM357 in Species of the Genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera)
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1329-1340. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

Francis M. Jiggins, Gregory D. D. Hurst, and Ziheng Yang

Host-Symbiont Conflicts: Positive Selection on an Outer Membrane Protein of Parasitic but not Mutualistic Rickettsiaceae
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1341-1349. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Mira and Howard Ochman

Gene Location and Bacterial Sequence Divergence
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1350-1358. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriel Gutiérrez, Diego Sánchez, and Antonio Marín

A Reanalysis of the Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Recovered from Neandertal Bones
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1359-1366. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Chung Chiang, Xue-Jun Ge, Chang-Hung Chou, Wen-Lung Wu, and Tzen-Yuh Chiang

Nucleotide Sequence Diversity at the Methionine Synthase Locus in Endangered Dunnia sinensis (Rubiaceae): An Evaluation of the Positive Selection Hypothesis
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1367-1375. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott Williamson and Maria E. Orive

The Genealogy of a Sequence Subject to Purifying Selection at Multiple Sites
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1376-1384. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Kenji Yukuhiro, Hideki Sezutsu, Masanobu Itoh, Koichi Shimizu, and Yutaka Banno

Significant Levels of Sequence Divergence and Gene Rearrangements have Occurred Between the Mitochondrial Genomes of the Wild Mulberry Silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina, and its Close Relative, the Domesticated Silkmoth, Bombyx mori
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1385-1389. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  [Request Permissions]  

John A. Novembre

Accounting for Background Nucleotide Composition When Measuring Codon Usage Bias
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1390-1394. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth J. B. Williams and Laurence D. Hurst

Is the Synonymous Substitution Rate in Mammals Gene-Specific?
Mol Biol Evol 2002 19: 1395-1398. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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