Molecular Biology and Evolution

Research Articles:

C. M. Pusch, M. Broghammer, G. J. Nicholson, A. G. Nerlich, A. Zink, I. Kennerknecht, L. Bachmann, and N. Blin

PCR-Induced Sequence Alterations Hamper the Typing of Prehistoric Bone Samples for Diagnostic Achondroplasia Mutations
MBE Advance Access published on July 14, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2005-2011; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh208 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Eva-Liis Loogväli, Urmas Roostalu, Boris A. Malyarchuk, Miroslava V. Derenko, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu, Kristiina Tambets, Maere Reidla, Helle-Viivi Tolk, Jüri Parik, Erwan Pennarun, Sirle Laos, Arina Lunkina, Maria Golubenko, Lovorka Barac, Marijana Pericic, Oleg P. Balanovsky, Vladislava Gusar, Elsa K. Khusnutdinova, Vadim Stepanov, Valery Puzyrev, Pavao Rudan, Elena V. Balanovska, Elena Grechanina, Christelle Richard, Jean-Paul Moisan, André Chaventré, Nicholas P. Anagnou, Kalliopi I. Pappa, Emmanuel N. Michalodimitrakis, Mireille Claustres, Mukaddes Gölge, Ilia Mikerezi, Esien Usanga, and Richard Villems

Disuniting Uniformity: A Pied Cladistic Canvas of mtDNA Haplogroup H in Eurasia
MBE Advance Access published on July 14, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2012-2021; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Nicolas Volff, Hans Lehrach, Richard Reinhardt, and Daniel Chourrout

Retroelement Dynamics and a Novel Type of Chordate Retrovirus-like Element in the Miniature Genome of the Tunicate Oikopleura dioica
MBE Advance Access published on July 14, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2022-2033; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shin-ichi Yokobori, Naoya Fukuda, Mitsue Nakamura, Tomoko Aoyama, and Tairo Oshima

Long-Term Conservation of Six Duplicated Structural Genes in Cephalopod Mitochondrial Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2034-2046; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jason A. Wilder, Zahra Mobasher, and Michael F. Hammer

Genetic Evidence for Unequal Effective Population Sizes of Human Females and Males
MBE Advance Access published on August 18, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2047-2057; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. King Jordan, Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez, Yuri I. Wolf, and Eugene V. Koonin

Conservation and Coevolution in the Scale-Free Human Gene Coexpression Network
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2058-2070; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Shozo Yokoyama and Naomi Takenaka

The Molecular Basis of Adaptive Evolution of Squirrelfish Rhodopsins
MBE Advance Access published on July 21, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2071-2078; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jerzy K Kulski, Tatsuya Anzai, Takashi Shiina, and Hidetoshi Inoko

Rhesus Macaque Class I Duplicon Structures, Organization, and Evolution Within the Alpha Block of the Major Histocompatibility Complex
MBE Advance Access published on July 21, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2079-2091; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra M. Lopes, Francesc Calafell, and António Amorim

Microsatellite Variation and Evolutionary History of PCDHX/Y Gene Pair Within the Xq21.3/Yp11.2 Hominid-Specific Homology Block
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2092-2101; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Andrew F. Hugall and Michael S. Y. Lee

Molecular Claims of Gondwanan Age for Australian Agamid Lizards are Untenable
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2102-2110; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yi Li, Ya-ping Qian, Xiao-jing Yu, Yin-qiu Wang, Ding-gui Dong, Wei Sun, Run-mei Ma, and Bing Su

Recent Origin of a Hominoid-Specific Splice Form of Neuropsin, a Gene Involved in Learning and Memory
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2111-2115; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh220 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Günter P. Wagner, Claudia Fried, Sonja J. Prohaska, and Peter F. Stadler

Divergence of Conserved Non-Coding Sequences: Rate Estimates and Relative Rate Tests
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2116-2121; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Papillon, Yvan Perez, Xavier Caubit, and Yannick Le Parco

Identification of Chaetognaths as Protostomes Is Supported by the Analysis of Their Mitochondrial Genome
MBE Advance Access published on August 11, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2122-2129; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Zhi Zhang, Tina M. Hambuch, and John Parsch

Molecular Evolution of Sex-Biased Genes in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on July 28, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2130-2139; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh223 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Guy L. Odom, Jennifer L. Robichaux, and Prescott L. Deininger

Predicting Mammalian SINE Subfamily Activity from A-tail Length
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2140-2148; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh225 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshinobu Igarashi, Kiyoko F. Aoki, Hiroshi Mamitsuka, Kei-ichi Kuma, and Minoru Kanehisa

The Evolutionary Repertoires of the Eukaryotic-Type ABC Transporters in Terms of the Phylogeny of ATP-binding Domains in Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2149-2160; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Bourgon, Mauro Delorenzi, Tobias Sargeant, Anthony N. Hodder, Brendan S. Crabb, and Terence P. Speed

The Serine Repeat Antigen (SERA) Gene Family Phylogeny in Plasmodium: The Impact of GC Content and Reconciliation of Gene and Species Trees
MBE Advance Access published on August 11, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2161-2171; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Laura Gómez-Valero, Amparo Latorre, and Francisco J. Silva

The Evolutionary Fate of Nonfunctional DNA in the Bacterial Endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola
MBE Advance Access published on August 18, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 2172-2181; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh232 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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