Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Kenji K. Kojima and Haruhiko Fujiwara

Cross-Genome Screening of Novel Sequence-Specific Non-LTR Retrotransposons: Various Multicopy RNA Genes and Microsatellites Are Selected as Targets
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 207-217; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg235 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Estelle Labeyrie and Susanne Dobler

Molecular Adaptation of Chrysochus Leaf Beetles to Toxic Compounds in Their Food Plants
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 218-221; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg240 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ze Zhang and Hirohisa Kishino

Genomic Background Drives the Divergence of Duplicated Amylase Genes at Synonymous Sites in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on October 1, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 222-227; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg243 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Boán, Miguel G. Blanco, Javier Quinteiro, Susana Mouriño, and Jaime Gómez-Márquez

Birth and Evolutionary History of a Human Minisatellite
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 228-235; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liqing Zhang and Wen-Hsiung Li

Mammalian Housekeeping Genes Evolve More Slowly than Tissue-Specific Genes
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 236-239; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Peter A. Ritchie, Craig D. Millar, Gillian C. Gibb, Carlo Baroni, and David M. Lambert

Ancient DNA Enables Timing of the Pleistocene Origin and Holocene Expansion of Two Adélie Penguin Lineages in Antarctica
MBE Advance Access published on October 31, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 240-248; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helene Ceplitis and Hans Ellegren

Adaptive Molecular Evolution of HINTW, a Female-Specific Gene in Birds
MBE Advance Access published on August 29, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 249-254; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg239 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Bryant and Vincent Moulton

Neighbor-Net: An Agglomerative Method for the Construction of Phylogenetic Networks
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 255-265; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ana Gómez, Jean-Nicolas Volff, Ute Hornung, Manfred Schartl, and Claudia Wellbrock

Identification of a Second egfr Gene in Xiphophorus Uncovers an Expansion of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family in Fish
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 266-275; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luciano M. Matzkin

Population Genetics and Geographic Variation of Alcohol Dehydrogenase (Adh) Paralogs and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6pd) in Drosophila mojavensis
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 276-285; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuseob Kim

Effect of Strong Directional Selection on Weakly Selected Mutations at Linked Sites: Implication for Synonymous Codon Usage
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 286-294; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daryi Wang, Todd Oakley, Jeffrey Mower, Lawrence C. Shimmin, Sokchea Yim, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Hsienshao Tsao, and Wen-Hsiung Li

Molecular Evolution of Bat Color Vision Genes
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 295-302; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Grande, José Templado, J. Lucas Cervera, and Rafael Zardoya

Molecular Phylogeny of Euthyneura (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 303-313; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glenn C. Johns and George N. Somero

Evolutionary Convergence in Adaptation of Proteins to Temperature: A₄-Lactate Dehydrogenases of Pacific Damselfishes (Chromis spp.)
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 314-320; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard H. Ree, Hélène L. Citerne, Matt Lavin, and Quentin C. B. Cronk

Heterogeneous Selection on LEGCYC Paralogs in Relation to Flower Morphology and the Phylogeny of Lupinus (Leguminosae)
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 321-331; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neville Cobbe and Margarete M. S. Heck

The Evolution of SMC Proteins: Phylogenetic Analysis and Structural Implications
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 332-347; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jaros Phinchongsakuldit, Stewart MacArthur, and John F. Y. Brookfield

Evolution of Developmental Genes: Molecular Microevolution of Enhancer Sequences at the Ubx Locus in Drosophila and Its Impact on Developmental Phenotypes
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 348-363; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Labedan, Ying Xu, Daniil G. Naumoff, and Nicolas Glansdorff

Using Quaternary Structures to Assess the Evolutionary History of Proteins: The Case of the Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 364-373; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael H. Kohn, Shu Fang, and Chung-I Wu

Inference of Positive and Negative Selection on the 5' Regulatory Regions of Drosophila Genes
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 374-383; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Robert J. Agate, Meeryo Choe, and Arthur P. Arnold

Sex Differences in Structure and Expression of the Sex Chromosome Genes CHD1Z and CHD1W in Zebra Finches
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 384-396; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Aurelio Reyes, Carmela Gissi, Francois Catzeflis, Eviatar Nevo, Graziano Pesole, and Cecilia Saccone

Congruent Mammalian Trees from Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Using Bayesian Methods
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 397-403; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aya Takahashi, Yu-Hua Liu, and Naruya Saitou

Genetic Variation Versus Recombination Rate in a Structured Population of Mice
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 404-409; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dmitry A. Filatov

A Gradient of Silent Substitution Rate in the Human Pseudoautosomal Region
MBE Advance Access published on December 5, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 410-417; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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