Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Benjamin Gorinsek, Franc Gubensek, and Dusan Kordis

Evolutionary Genomics of Chromoviruses in Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 781-798; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Anne Fischer, Victor Wiebe, Svante Pääbo, and Molly Przeworski

Evidence for a Complex Demographic History of Chimpanzees
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 799-808; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh083 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hwan Su Yoon, Jeremiah D. Hackett, Claudia Ciniglia, Gabriele Pinto, and Debashish Bhattacharya

A Molecular Timeline for the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 809-818; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

David J. Lynn, Andrew T. Lloyd, Mario A. Fares, and Cliona O'Farrelly

Evidence of Positively Selected Sites in Mammalian -Defensins
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 819-827; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Shin-Han Shiu and Wen-Hsiung Li

Origins, Lineage-Specific Expansions, and Multiple Losses of Tyrosine Kinases in Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 828-840; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh077 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Dmitry A. Shagin, Ekaterina V. Barsova, Yurii G. Yanushevich, Arkady F. Fradkov, Konstantin A. Lukyanov, Yulii A. Labas, Tatiana N. Semenova, Juan A. Ugalde, Ann Meyers, Jose M. Nunez, Edith A. Widder, Sergey A. Lukyanov, and Mikhail V. Matz

GFP-like Proteins as Ubiquitous Metazoan Superfamily: Evolution of Functional Features and Structural Complexity
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 841-850; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh079 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Barb Glassey and Alberto Civetta

Positive Selection at Reproductive ADAM Genes with Potential Intercellular Binding Activity
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 851-859; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh080 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Sabine S. Jakob, Armin Meister, and Frank R. Blattner

The Considerable Genome Size Variation of Hordeum Species (Poaceae) Is Linked to Phylogeny, Life Form, Ecology, and Speciation Rates
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 860-869; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

B. G. Fry and W. Wüster

Assembling an Arsenal: Origin and Evolution of the Snake Venom Proteome Inferred from Phylogenetic Analysis of Toxin Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 870-883; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe Délye, Cécile Straub, Séverine Michel, and Valérie Le Corre

Nucleotide Variability at the Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Gene and the Signature of Herbicide Selection in the Grass Weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.)
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 884-892; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh095 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan E. Masta and Jeffrey L. Boore

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Spider Habronattus oregonensis Reveals Rearranged and Extremely Truncated tRNAs
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 893-902; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuelle Lerat and Nancy A. Moran

The Evolutionary History of Quorum-Sensing Systems in Bacteria
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 903-913; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Replacement figure 3]  [Request Permissions]  

Yoshiyuki Suzuki and Masatoshi Nei

False-Positive Selection Identified by ML-Based Methods: Examples from the Sig1 Gene of the Diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii and the tax Gene of a Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 914-921; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jean-François Pombert, Christian Otis, Claude Lemieux, and Monique Turmel

The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Green Alga Pseudendoclonium akinetum (Ulvophyceae) Highlights Distinctive Evolutionary Trends in the Chlorophyta and Suggests a Sister-Group Relationship Between the Ulvophyceae and Chlorophyceae
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 922-935; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takashi Kitano, Yu-Hua Liu, Shintaroh Ueda, and Naruya Saitou

Human-Specific Amino Acid Changes Found in 103 Protein-Coding Genes
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 936-944; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

David Campbell and Louis Bernatchez

Generic Scan Using AFLP Markers as a Means to Assess the Role of Directional Selection in the Divergence of Sympatric Whitefish Ecotypes
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 945-956; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carsten M. Pusch and Lutz Bachmann

Spiking of Contemporary Human Template DNA with Ancient DNA Extracts Induces Mutations Under PCR and Generates Nonauthentic Mitochondrial Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 957-964; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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