Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Anders Ödeen and Olle Håstad

Complex Distribution of Avian Color Vision Systems Revealed by Sequencing the SWS1 Opsin from Total DNA
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 855-861; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward Susko

Confidence Regions and Hypothesis Tests for Topologies Using Generalized Least Squares
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 862-868; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daphné Reiss, Hadi Quesneville, Danielle Nouaud, Olivier Andrieu, and Dominique Anxolabéhère

Hoppel, a P-like Element Without Introns: a P-Element Ancestral Structure or a Retrotranscription Derivative?
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 869-879; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg090 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dmitri A. Petrov, Yael T. Aminetzach, Jerel C. Davis, Douda Bensasson, and Aaron E. Hirsh

Size Matters: Non-LTR Retrotransposable Elements and Ectopic Recombination in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 880-892; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Manfred Kayser, Silke Brauer, and Mark Stoneking

A Genome Scan to Detect Candidate Regions Influenced by Local Natural Selection in Human Populations
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 893-900; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew W. Hahn, Jason E. Stajich, and Gregory A. Wray

The Effects of Selection Against Spurious Transcription Factor Binding Sites
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 901-906; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nathan Lo, Claudio Bandi, Hirofumi Watanabe, Christine Nalepa, and Tiziana Beninati

Evidence for Cocladogenesis Between Diverse Dictyopteran Lineages and Their Intracellular Endosymbionts
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 907-913; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Brian P. Lazzaro and Andrew G. Clark

Molecular Population Genetics of Inducible Antibacterial Peptide Genes in Drosophila melanogaster
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 914-923; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Yohey Terai, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Mutsumi Nishida, Tetsu Sato, and Norihiro Okada

Using SINEs to Probe Ancient Explosive Speciation: "Hidden" Radiation of African Cichlids?
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 924-930; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hafid Laayouni, Esteban Hasson, Mauro Santos, and Antonio Fontdevila

The Evolutionary History of Drosophila buzzatii. XXXV. Inversion Polymorphism and Nucleotide Variability in Different Regions of the Second Chromosome
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 931-944; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sean D. Hooper and Otto G. Berg

On the Nature of Gene Innovation: Duplication Patterns in Microbial Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 945-954; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey P. Townsend, Duccio Cavalieri, and Daniel L. Hartl

Population Genetic Variation in Genome-Wide Gene Expression
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 955-963; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Michael A. Thomas, Benjamin Weston, Moltu Joseph, Wenhua Wu, Anton Nekrutenko, and Peter J. Tonellato

Evolutionary Dynamics of Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes: Higher Intensities of Purifying Selection than Other Genes
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 964-968; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew P. Hare and Stephen R. Palumbi

High Intron Sequence Conservation Across Three Mammalian Orders Suggests Functional Constraints
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 969-978; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Austin L. Hughes and Robert Friedman

Genome-Wide Survey for Genes Horizontally Transferred from Cellular Organisms to Baculoviruses
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 979-987; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael S. Rosenberg, Sankar Subramanian, and Sudhir Kumar

Patterns of Transitional Mutation Biases Within and Among Mammalian Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 988-993; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teun van Rheede, Reinout Amons, Niall Stewart, and Wilfried W. de Jong

Lactate Dehydrogenase A as a Highly Abundant Eye Lens Protein in Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): Upsilon ()-Crystallin
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 994-998; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Priscilla K. Tucker, Ronald M. Adkins, and Joshua S. Rest

Differential Rates of Evolution for the ZFY-Related Zinc Finger Genes, Zfy, Zfx, and Zfa in the Mouse Genus Mus
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 999-1005; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Ray and Llewellyn D. Densmore

Repetitive Sequences in the Crocodilian Mitochondrial Control Region: Poly-A Sequences and Heteroplasmic Tandem Repeats
MBE Advance Access published on April 25, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 1006-1013; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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