Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Birgit Pils and Jörg Schultz

Evolution of the Multifunctional Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Family
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 625-631; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Graeme M. Birdsey, Jackie Lewin, Andrew A. Cunningham, Michael W. Bruford, and Christopher J. Danpure

Differential Enzyme Targeting As an Evolutionary Adaptation to Herbivory in Carnivora
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 632-646; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette Damert, Johannes Löwer, and Roswitha Löwer

Leptin Receptor Isoform 219.1: An Example of Protein Evolution by LINE-1–Mediated Human-Specific Retrotransposition of a Coding SVA Element
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 647-651; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Lucattini, Vladimir A. Likic, and Trevor Lithgow

Bacterial Proteins Predisposed for Targeting to Mitochondria
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 652-658; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh058 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Manja Schein, Ziheng Yang, Thomas Mitchell-Olds, and Karl J. Schmid

Rapid Evolution of a Pollen-Specific Oleosin-Like Gene Family from Arabidopsis thaliana and Closely Related Species
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 659-669; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Nadia D. Singh and Dmitri A. Petrov

Rapid Sequence Turnover at an Intergenic Locus in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 670-680; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James A. Lake and Maria C. Rivera

Deriving the Genomic Tree of Life in the Presence of Horizontal Gene Transfer: Conditioned Reconstruction
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 681-690; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Seán G. Brady and Bryan N. Danforth

Recent Intron Gain in Elongation Factor-1 of Colletid Bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 691-696; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

David M. Webb, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, and Jianzhi Zhang

Genetic Evidence for the Coexistence of Pheromone Perception and Full Trichromatic Vision in Howler Monkeys
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 697-704; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takeshi Sasaki, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Masato Nikaido, Seiko Miura, Yuichirou Yasukawa, and Norihiro Okada

First Application of the SINE (Short Interspersed Repetitive Element) Method to Infer Phylogenetic Relationships in Reptiles: An Example from the Turtle Superfamily Testudinoidea
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 705-715; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Gemma M. White, Martha T. Hamblin, and Stephen Kresovich

Molecular Evolution of the Phytochrome Gene Family in Sorghum: Changing Rates of Synonymous and Replacement Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 716-723; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh067 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvain Mousset, Nicolas Derome, and Michel Veuille

A Test of Neutrality and Constant Population Size Based on the Mismatch Distribution
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 724-731; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael A. McCartney and H. A. Lessios

Adaptive Evolution of Sperm Bindin Tracks Egg Incompatibility in Neotropical Sea Urchins of the Genus Echinometra
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 732-745; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh071 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Timothy J. D. Goodwin and Russell T. M. Poulter

A New Group of Tyrosine Recombinase-Encoding Retrotransposons
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 746-759; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh072 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Mireille Le Jossec, Tina Wambach, Damian Labuda, Daniel Sinnett, and Emile Levy

Genetic Diversity Patterns in the SR-BI/II Locus Can Be Explained by a Recent Selective Sweep
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 760-769; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Enrico Negrisolo, Alessandro Minelli, and Giorgio Valle

The Mitochondrial Genome of the House Centipede Scutigera and the Monophyly Versus Paraphyly of Myriapods
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 770-780; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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