Molecular Biology and Evolution

Editorials:

Editor's Report for June 2001–May 2003: Simon Easteal, June 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2155; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh034 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Council and Business Meetings, 2003 Newport Beach, California, USA
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2156-2157; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh035 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Stéphane Aris-Brosou and Ziheng Yang

Bayesian Models of Episodic Evolution Support a Late Precambrian Explosive Diversification of the Metazoa
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1947-1954; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Nicolás Frankel, Esteban Hasson, Norberto D. Iusem, and María Susana Rossi

Adaptive Evolution of the Water Stress-Induced Gene Asr2 in Lycopersicon Species Dwelling in Arid Habitats
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1955-1962; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rumiko Kofuji, Naomi Sumikawa, Misuzu Yamasaki, Kimihiko Kondo, Kunihiko Ueda, Motomi Ito, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe

Evolution and Divergence of the MADS-Box Gene Family Based on Genome-Wide Expression Analyses
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1963-1977; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Yonglong Zhuang, Fei Ma, Jesse Li-Ling, Xiaofeng Xu, and Yanda Li

Comparative Analysis of Amino Acid Usage and Protein Length Distribution Between Alternatively and Non-alternatively Spliced Genes Across Six Eukaryotic Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1978-1985; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

D. Paraskevis, P. Lemey, M. Salemi, M. Suchard, Y. Van de Peer, and A.-M. Vandamme

Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of HIV-1 and SIVcpz Sequences Using Bayesian Inference: Implications for the Origin of HIV-1
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1986-1996; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick A. Reeves and Richard G. Olmstead

Evolution of the TCP Gene Family in Asteridae: Cladistic and Network Approaches to Understanding Regulatory Gene Family Diversification and Its Impact on Morphological Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1997-2009; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Allen G. Rodrigo, Matthew Goode, Roald Forsberg, Howard A. Ross, and Alexei Drummond

Inferring Evolutionary Rates Using Serially Sampled Sequences from Several Populations
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2010-2018; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan Schmitz, Christoph J. Schankin, Heino Prinz, Rachel S. Curwen, Peter D. Ashton, Leo S. D. Caves, Rainer H. A. Fink, John C. Sparrow, Peter J. Mayhew, and Claudia Veigel

Molecular Evolutionary Convergence of the Flight Muscle Protein Arthrin in Diptera and Hemiptera
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2019-2033; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barbara Cardazzo, Luca Bargelloni, Luisa Toffolatti, and Tomaso Patarnello

Intervening Sequences in Paralogous Genes: A Comparative Genomic Approach to Study the Evolution of X Chromosome Introns
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2034-2041; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Bárbara Negre, José María Ranz, Ferran Casals, Mario Cáceres, and Alfredo Ruiz

A New Split of the Hox Gene Complex in Drosophila: Relocation and Evolution of the Gene labial
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2042-2054; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg238 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Sémi Souames, Claude Bazin, Eric Bonnivard, and Dominique Higuet

Behavior of the hobo Transposable Element with Regard to TPE Repeats in Transgenic Lines of Drosophila melanogaster
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2055-2066; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander V. Vershinin, Theodore R. Allnutt, Maggie R. Knox, Mike J. Ambrose, and T. H. Noel Ellis

Transposable Elements Reveal the Impact of Introgression, Rather than Transposition, in Pisum Diversity, Evolution, and Domestication
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2067-2075; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg220 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helga Westers, Ronald Dorenbos, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Jorrit Kabel, Tony Flanagan, Kevin M. Devine, Florence Jude, Simone J. Séror, Aäron C. Beekman, Elise Darmon, Caroline Eschevins, Anne de Jong, Sierd Bron, Oscar P. Kuipers, Alessandra M. Albertini, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Nicola Zamboni, Uwe Sauer, Claude Bruand, Dusko S. Ehrlich, Juan C. Alonso, Margarita Salas, and Wim J. Quax

Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2076-2090; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard Ochman

Neutral Mutations and Neutral Substitutions in Bacterial Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2091-2096; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kwang-Zin Lee and Ralf J. Sommer

Operon Structure and Trans-Splicing in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2097-2103; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg225 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Ali Fares, Daniela Bezemer, Andrés Moya, and Ignacio Marín

Selection on Coding Regions Determined Hox7 Genes Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2104-2112; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cynthia L. Cleto, Amanda E. Vandenberghe, Darren W. MacLean, Pierre Pannunzio, Christine Tortorelli, Thomas H. Meedel, Yutaka Satou, Nori Satoh, and Kenneth E. M. Hastings

Ascidian Larva Reveals Ancient Origin of Vertebrate-Skeletal-Muscle Troponin I Characteristics in Chordate Locomotory Muscle
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2113-2122; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yinglei Lai and Fengzhu Sun

The Relationship Between Microsatellite Slippage Mutation Rate and the Number of Repeat Units
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2123-2131; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jukka S. Moilanen, Saara Finnilä, and Kari Majamaa

Lineage-Specific Selection in Human mtDNA: Lack of Polymorphisms in a Segment of MTND5 Gene in Haplogroup J
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2132-2142; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jay R. Reichman, Thomas P. Wilcox, and Peter D. Vize

PCP Gene Family in Symbiodinium from Hippopus hippopus: Low Levels of Concerted Evolution, Isoform Diversity, and Spectral Tuning of Chromophores
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 2143-2154; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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