Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Haleh Amiri, Wagied Davids, and Siv G. E. Andersson

Birth and Death of Orphan Genes in Rickettsia
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1575-1587; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario A. Fares and Kenneth H. Wolfe

Positive Selection and Subfunctionalization of Duplicated CCT Chaperonin Subunits
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1588-1597; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg160 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ravi Jain, Maria C. Rivera, Jonathan E. Moore, and James A. Lake

Horizontal Gene Transfer Accelerates Genome Innovation and Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on May 30, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1598-1602; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg154 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Dee R. Denver, Stephanie L. Swenson, and Michael Lynch

An Evolutionary Analysis of the Helix-Hairpin-Helix Superfamily of DNA Repair Glycosylases
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1603-1611; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Renfu Shao, Mark Dowton, Anna Murrell, and Stephen C. Barker

Rates of Gene Rearrangement and Nucleotide Substitution Are Correlated in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Insects
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1612-1619; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Carlos G. Schrago and Claudia A. M. Russo

Timing the Origin of New World Monkeys
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1620-1625; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Stenberg, M. Lundmark, S. Knutelski, and A. Saura

Evolution of Clonality and Polyploidy in a Weevil System
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1626-1632; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg180 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Christine M. Malcom, Gerald J. Wyckoff, and Bruce T. Lahn

Genic Mutation Rates in Mammals: Local Similarity, Chromosomal Heterogeneity, and X-Versus-Autosome Disparity
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1633-1641; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samir S. Deeb, Matthew J. Wakefield, Takashi Tada, Lauren Marotte, Shozo Yokoyama, and Jenny A. Marshall Graves

The Cone Visual Pigments of an Australian Marsupial, the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Sequence, Spectral Tuning, and Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1642-1649; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shannon N. Bennett, Edward C. Holmes, Maritza Chirivella, Dania M. Rodriguez, Manuela Beltran, Vance Vorndam, Duane J. Gubler, and W. Owen McMillan

Selection-Driven Evolution of Emergent Dengue Virus
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1650-1658; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg182 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Piskurek, Masato Nikaido, Boeadi, Minoru Baba, and Norihiro Okada

Unique Mammalian tRNA-Derived Repetitive Elements in Dermopterans: The t-SINE Family and Its Retrotransposition Through Multiple Sources
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1659-1668; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marianna Rodova, M. Rafiq Islam, Kenneth R. Peterson, and James P. Calvet

Remarkable Sequence Conservation of the Last Intron in the PKD1 Gene
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1669-1674; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg191 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Leanne Blanchard, and H. Lisle Gibbs

Unmelanized Plumage Patterns in Old World Leaf Warblers Do Not Correspond to Sequence Variation at the Melanocortin-1 Receptor Locus (MC1R)
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1675-1681; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg186 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvia Fuselli, Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Isabelle Dupanloup, Alonso Soto, Donata Luiselli, and Davide Pettener

Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in South America and the Genetic History of Andean Highlanders
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1682-1691; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg188 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Douglas M. Robinson, David T. Jones, Hirohisa Kishino, Nick Goldman, and Jeffrey L. Thorne

Protein Evolution with Dependence Among Codons Due to Tertiary Structure
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1692-1704; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dara G. Torgerson and Rama S. Singh

Sex-Linked Mammalian Sperm Proteins Evolve Faster Than Autosomal Ones
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1705-1709; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg193 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew B. Hamilton, John M. Braverman, and David F. Soria-Hernanz

Patterns and Relative Rates of Nucleotide and Insertion/Deletion Evolution at Six Chloroplast Intergenic Regions in New World Species of the Lecythidaceae
MBE Advance Access published on June 27, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1710-1721; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Yun-wu Zhang, Oliver A. Ryder, and Ya-ping Zhang

Intra- and Interspecific Variation of the CCR5 Gene in Higher Primates
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1722-1729; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James T. Harper and Patrick J. Keeling

Nucleus-Encoded, Plastid-Targeted Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) Indicates a Single Origin for Chromalveolate Plastids
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1730-1735; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

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