Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Vincent Daubin and Guy Perrière

G+C3 Structuring Along the Genome: A Common Feature in Prokaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 471-483; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cathal Seoighe, Catrióna R. Johnston, and Denis C. Shields

Significantly Different Patterns of Amino Acid Replacement After Gene Duplication as Compared to After Speciation
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 484-490; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raphaël Leblois, Arnaud Estoup, and François Rousset

Influence of Mutational and Sampling Factors on the Estimation of Demographic Parameters in a "Continuous" Population Under Isolation by Distance
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 491-502; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrizio Dimitri, Nikolaj Junakovic, and Bruno Arcà

Colonization of Heterochromatic Genes by Transposable Elements in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 503-512; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Louis Plouhinec, Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Agnès Germot, Chantal Le Mentec, Thérèse Cabana, Gavan Harrison, Claude Pieau, Jean-Yves Sire, Géraldine Véron, and Sylvie Mazan

The Mammalian Crx Genes Are Highly Divergent Representatives of the Otx5 Gene Family, a Gnathostome Orthology Class of Orthodenticle-Related Homeogenes Involved in the Differentiation of Retinal Photoreceptors and Circadian Entrainment
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 513-521; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg085 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Nikaido, Hidenori Nishihara, Yukio Hukumoto, and Norihiro Okada

Ancient SINEs from African Endemic Mammals
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 522-527; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Vitte and O. Panaud

Formation of Solo-LTRs Through Unequal Homologous Recombination Counterbalances Amplifications of LTR Retrotransposons in Rice Oryza sativa L.
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 528-540; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

François Bonneton, Dominique Zelus, Thomas Iwema, Marc Robinson-Rechavi, and Vincent Laudet

Rapid Divergence of the Ecdysone Receptor in Diptera and Lepidoptera Suggests Coevolution Between ECR and USP-RXR
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 541-553; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J. Lampe, David J. Witherspoon, Felipe N. Soto-Adames, and Hugh M. Robertson

Recent Horizontal Transfer of Mellifera Subfamily Mariner Transposons into Insect Lineages Representing Four Different Orders Shows that Selection Acts Only During Horizontal Transfer
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 554-562; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Michael Lynch and Avinash Kewalramani

Messenger RNA Surveillance and the Evolutionary Proliferation of Introns
MBE Advance Access published on March 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 563-571; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunter Weiss and Arndt von Haeseler

Testing Substitution Models Within a Phylogenetic Tree
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 572-578; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wayne S. Kendal

An Exponential Dispersion Model for the Distribution of Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 579-590; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lena C. Hileman and David A. Baum

Why Do Paralogs Persist? Molecular Evolution of CYCLOIDEA and Related Floral Symmetry Genes in Antirrhineae (Veronicaceae)
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 591-600; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Piontkivska and Masatoshi Nei

Birth-and-Death Evolution in Primate MHC Class I Genes: Divergence Time Estimates
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 601-609; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg064 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Michael S. Rosenberg and Sudhir Kumar

Heterogeneity of Nucleotide Frequencies Among Evolutionary Lineages and Phylogenetic Inference
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 610-621; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg067 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Aurelio Reyes, Eviatar Nevo, and Cecilia Saccone

DNA Sequence Variation in the Mitochondrial Control Region of Subterranean Mole Rats, Spalax ehrenbergi Superspecies, in Israel
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 622-632; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David S. Senchina, Ines Alvarez, Richard C. Cronn, Bao Liu, Junkang Rong, Richard D. Noyes, Andrew H. Paterson, Rod A. Wing, Thea A. Wilkins, and Jonathan F. Wendel

Rate Variation Among Nuclear Genes and the Age of Polyploidy in Gossypium
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 633-643; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Austin L. Hughes and Helen Piontkivska

Phylogeny of Trypanosomatidae and Bodonidae (Kinetoplastida) Based on 18S rRNA: Evidence for Paraphyly of Trypanosoma and Six Other Genera
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 644-652; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen J. Salipante and Barry G. Hall

Determining the Limits of the Evolutionary Potential of an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 653-659; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William Amos, Carolyn M. Hutter, Malcolm D. Schug, and Charles F. Aquadro

Directional Evolution of Size Coupled with Ascertainment Bias for Variation in Drosophila Microsatellites
MBE Advance Access published on April 2, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 660-662; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Errata
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 663; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg118 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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