Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Cédric Lefèvre, Hubert Charles, Agnès Vallier, Bernard Delobel, Brian Farrell, and Abdelaziz Heddi

Endosymbiont Phylogenesis in the Dryophthoridae Weevils: Evidence for Bacterial Replacement
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 965-973; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

G. L. (Abby) Harrison, P. A. McLenachan, M. J. Phillips, Kerryn E. Slack, Alan Cooper, and David Penny

Four New Avian Mitochondrial Genomes Help Get to Basic Evolutionary Questions in the Late Cretaceous
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 974-983; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julien Meunier and Laurent Duret

Recombination Drives the Evolution of GC-Content in the Human Genome
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 984-990; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh070 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

You-Chun Li, Abraham B. Korol, Tzion Fahima, and Eviatar Nevo

Microsatellites Within Genes: Structure, Function, and Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 991-1007; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Friedman and Austin L. Hughes

Two Patterns of Genome Organization in Mammals: the Chromosomal Distribution of Duplicate Genes in Human and Mouse
MBE Advance Access published on February 12, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1008-1013; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh076 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Vincent Chamary and Laurence D. Hurst

Similar Rates but Different Modes of Sequence Evolution in Introns and at Exonic Silent Sites in Rodents: Evidence for Selectively Driven Codon Usage
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1014-1023; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ana Virel and Lars Backman

Molecular Evolution and Structure of -Actinin
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1024-1031; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Watts, Catherine A. Palmer, Richard C. Feldhoff, Pamela W. Feldhoff, Lynne D. Houck, Adam G. Jones, Michael E. Pfrender, Stephanie M. Rollmann, and Stevan J. Arnold

Stabilizing Selection on Behavior and Morphology Masks Positive Selection on the Signal in a Salamander Pheromone Signaling Complex
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1032-1041; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Figure 4--color version]  [Request Permissions]  

Katrina McGuigan, Patrick C. Phillips, and John H. Postlethwait

Evolution of Sarcomeric Myosin Heavy Chain Genes: Evidence from Fish
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1042-1056; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. D. Hammock and Larry J. Young

Functional Microsatellite Polymorphism Associated with Divergent Social Structure in Vole Species
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1057-1063; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stewart MacArthur and John F. Y. Brookfield

Expected Rates and Modes of Evolution of Enhancer Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1064-1073; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kousuke Hanada, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, and Takashi Gojobori

A Large Variation in the Rates of Synonymous Substitution for RNA Viruses and Its Relationship to a Diversity of Viral Infection and Transmission Modes
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1074-1080; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Erik Richly and Dario Leister

NUMTs in Sequenced Eukaryotic Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1081-1084; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia Escobar-Páramo, Olivier Clermont, Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard, Hung Bui, Chantal Le Bouguénec, and Erick Denamur

A Specific Genetic Background Is Required for Acquisition and Expression of Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1085-1094; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas Lartillot and Hervé Philippe

A Bayesian Mixture Model for Across-Site Heterogeneities in the Amino-Acid Replacement Process
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1095-1109; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Björn Canbäck, Ivica Tamas, and Siv G. E. Andersson

A Phylogenomic Study of Endosymbiotic Bacteria
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1110-1122; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John P. Huelsenbeck, Bret Larget, and Michael E. Alfaro

Bayesian Phylogenetic Model Selection Using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo
MBE Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1123-1133; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanna Johannesson, Pilar Vidal, Josep Guarro, Roger A. Herr, Garry T. Cole, and John W. Taylor

Positive Directional Selection in the Proline-Rich Antigen (PRA) Gene Among the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis, C. posadasii and Their Closest Relatives
MBE Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1134-1145; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan Christoffels, Esther G. L. Koh, Jer-ming Chia, Sydney Brenner, Samuel Aparicio, and Byrappa Venkatesh

Fugu Genome Analysis Provides Evidence for a Whole-Genome Duplication Early During the Evolution of Ray-Finned Fishes
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1146-1151; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh114 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Anders Fuglsang

Evolution of Prokaryotic DNA: Intragenic and Extragenic Divergences Observed with Orthologs from Three Related Species
MBE Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1152-1159; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh133 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jialiang Yang and Louxin Zhang

On Counting Tandem Duplication Trees
MBE Advance Access published on March 10, 2004
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1160-1163; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Generic Scan Using AFLP Markers as a Means to Assess the Role of Directional Selection in the Divergence of Sympatric Whitefish Ecotypes
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1164; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh153 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Empirical Models for Substitution in Ribosomal RNA
Mol Biol Evol 2004 21: 1164; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh154 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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