Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Anders S. Nilsson, Joakim L. Karlsson, and Elisabeth Haggård-Ljungquist

Site-Specific Recombination Links the Evolution of P2-like Coliphages and Pathogenic Enterobacteria
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1-13; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg223 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jori O. Ruuskanen, Henri Xhaard, Anne Marjamäki, Erik Salaneck, Tiina Salminen, Yi-Lin Yan, John H. Postlethwait, Mark S. Johnson, Dan Larhammar, and Mika Scheinin

Identification of Duplicated Fourth ₂-Adrenergic Receptor Subtype by Cloning and Mapping of Five Receptor Genes in Zebrafish
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 14-28; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Gangqiao Zhou, Yun Zhai, Xiaojia Dong, Xiumei Zhang, Fengying He, Kaixin Zhou, Yunping Zhu, Handong Wei, Zhijian Yao, Shaofei Zhong, Yan Shen, Boqing Qiang, and Fuchu He

Haplotype Structure and Evidence for Positive Selection at the Human IL13 Locus
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 29-36; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg231 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koichiro Tamura, Sankar Subramanian, and Sudhir Kumar

Temporal Patterns of Fruit Fly (Drosophila) Evolution Revealed by Mutation Clocks
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 36-44; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg236 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew P. Jackson and Michael A. Charleston

A Cophylogenetic Perspective of RNA–Virus Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 45-57; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg232 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesper Brohede, Norman Arnheim, and Hans Ellegren

Single-Molecule Analysis of the Hypermutable Tetranucleotide Repeat Locus D21S1245 Through Sperm Genotyping: A Heterogeneous Pattern of Mutation but no Clear Male Age Effect
MBE Advance Access published on October 6, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 58-64; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg242 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grant H. Pogson and Kathryn A. Mesa

Positive Darwinian Selection at the Pantophysin (Pan I) Locus in Marine Gadid Fishes
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 65-75; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg237 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Michael Klinger, John S. Taylor, Thomas Oertle, Martin E. Schwab, Claudia A. O. Stuermer, and Heike Diekmann

Identification of Nogo-66 Receptor (NgR) and Homologous Genes in Fish
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 76-85; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg241 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Vincent Daubin and Howard Ochman

Quartet Mapping and the Extent of Lateral Transfer in Bacterial Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 86-89; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg234 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huai-chun Wang, Gregory A. C. Singer, and Donal A. Hickey

Mutational Bias Affects Protein Evolution in Flowering Plants
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 90-96; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María Silvina Fornasari, Diego A. Laplagne, Nicolás Frankel, Ana A. Cauerhff, Fernando A. Goldbaum, and Julián Echave

Sequence Determinants of Quaternary Structure in Lumazine Synthase
MBE Advance Access published on October 1, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 97-107; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg244 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Eduardo P. C. Rocha and Antoine Danchin

An Analysis of Determinants of Amino Acids Substitution Rates in Bacterial Proteins
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 108-116; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Hongzhi Kong, Jim Leebens-Mack, Weimin Ni, Claude W. dePamphilis, and Hong Ma

Highly Heterogeneous Rates of Evolution in the SKP1 Gene Family in Plants and Animals: Functional and Evolutionary Implications
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 117-128; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Peik Haugen, Valérie Reeb, François Lutzoni, and Debashish Bhattacharya

The Evolution of Homing Endonuclease Genes and Group I Introns in Nuclear rDNA
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 129-140; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Romina Piccinali, Montserrat Aguadé, and Esteban Hasson

Comparative Molecular Population Genetics of the Xdh Locus in the Cactophilic Sibling Species Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 141-152; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin G. Helfenbein and Jeffrey L. Boore

The Mitochondrial Genome of Phoronis architecta—Comparisons Demonstrate that Phoronids Are Lophotrochozoan Protostomes
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 153-157; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Linda Hellborg and Hans Ellegren

Low Levels of Nucleotide Diversity in Mammalian Y Chromosomes
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 158-163; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen L. Zegura, Tatiana M. Karafet, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, and Michael F. Hammer

High-Resolution SNPs and Microsatellite Haplotypes Point to a Single, Recent Entry of Native American Y Chromosomes into the Americas
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 164-175; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonio Marco, Ana Cuesta, Laia Pedrola, Francesc Palau, and Ignacio Marín

Evolutionary and Structural Analyses of GDAP1, Involved in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Characterize a Novel Class of Glutathione Transferase-Related Genes
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 176-187; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark P. Simmons, Kurt M. Pickett, and Masaki Miya

How Meaningful Are Bayesian Support Values?
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 188-199; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ka Hou Chu, Ji Qi, Zu-Guo Yu, and Vo Anh

Origin and Phylogeny of Chloroplasts Revealed by a Simple Correlation Analysis of Complete Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 200-206; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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