Molecular Biology and Evolution

Letters:

Eran Elhaik, Niv Sabath, and Dan Graur

The "Inverse Relationship Between Evolutionary Rate and Age of Mammalian Genes" Is an Artifact of Increased Genetic Distance with Rate of Evolution and Time of Divergence
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1-3; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shiuhyang Kuo, Wei-Jen Chang, and Laura F. Landweber

Complex Germline Architecture: Two Genes Intertwined on Two Loci
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 4-6; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Beth Shapiro, Andrew Rambaut, and Alexei J. Drummond

Choosing Appropriate Substitution Models for the Phylogenetic Analysis of Protein-Coding Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on September 21, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 7-9; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Articles:

Robert Piotr Olinski, Lars-Gustav Lundin, and Finn Hallböök

Conserved Synteny Between the Ciona Genome and Human Paralogons Identifies Large Duplication Events in the Molecular Evolution of the Insulin-Relaxin Gene Family
MBE Advance Access published on August 31, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 10-22; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jan Slapeta, Purificación López-García, and David Moreira

Global Dispersal and Ancient Cryptic Species in the Smallest Marine Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on August 24, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 23-29; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Anuphap Prachumwat and Wen-Hsiung Li

Protein Function, Connectivity, and Duplicability in Yeast
MBE Advance Access published on August 24, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 30-39; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Peter Lockhart, Phil Novis, Brook G. Milligan, Jamie Riden, Andrew Rambaut, and Tony Larkum

Heterotachy and Tree Building: A Case Study with Plastids and Eubacteria
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 40-45; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Alexander A. Hopitzan, Anthony J. Baines, and Ekaterini Kordeli

Molecular Evolution of Ankyrin: Gain of Function in Vertebrates by Acquisition of an Obscurin/Titin-Binding–Related Domain
MBE Advance Access published on August 31, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 46-55; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

A. Paz, V. Kirzhner, E. Nevo, and A. Korol

Coevolution of DNA-Interacting Proteins and Genome "Dialect"
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 56-64; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Daniel R. Matute, Juan G. McEwen, Rosana Puccia, Beatriz A. Montes, Gioconda San-Blas, Eduardo Bagagli, Jason T. Rauscher, Angela Restrepo, Favia Morais, Gustavo Niño-Vega, and John W. Taylor

Cryptic Speciation and Recombination in the Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Revealed by Gene Genealogies
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 65-73; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

David A. Fitzpatrick, Christopher J. Creevey, and James O. McInerney

Genome Phylogenies Indicate a Meaningful -Proteobacterial Phylogeny and Support a Grouping of the Mitochondria with the Rickettsiales
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 74-85; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Allen, Declan C. Schroeder, Matthew T. G. Holden, and William H. Wilson

Evolutionary History of the Coccolithoviridae
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 86-92; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emma T. Steenkamp, Jane Wright, and Sandra L. Baldauf

The Protistan Origins of Animals and Fungi
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 93-106; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Sangtae Kim, Pamela S. Soltis, Kerr Wall, and Douglas E. Soltis

Phylogeny and Domain Evolution in the APETALA2-like Gene Family
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 107-120; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Karen D. Crow, Peter F. Stadler, Vincent J. Lynch, Chris Amemiya, and Günter P. Wagner

The "Fish-Specific" Hox Cluster Duplication Is Coincident with the Origin of Teleosts
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 121-136; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

David H. Bos and Bruce Waldman

Evolution by Recombination and Transspecies Polymorphism in the MHC Class I Gene of Xenopus laevis
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 137-143; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xionglei He and Jianzhi Zhang

Higher Duplicability of Less Important Genes in Yeast Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 144-151; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

A. L. Töpf, M. T. P. Gilbert, J. P. Dumbacher, and A. R. Hoelzel

Tracing the Phylogeography of Human Populations in Britain Based on 4th–11th Century mtDNA Genotypes
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 152-161; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthieu Boulesteix, Michèle Weiss, and Christian Biémont

Differences in Genome Size Between Closely Related Species: The Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup
MBE Advance Access published on September 8, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 162-167; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uri Gophna, Janelle R. Thompson, Yan Boucher, and W. Ford Doolittle

Complex Histories of Genes Encoding 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoenzymeA Reductase
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 168-178; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Mikiko Soejima, Hidenori Tachida, Takafumi Ishida, Akinori Sano, and Yoshiro Koda

Evidence for Recent Positive Selection at the Human AIM1 Locus in a European Population
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 179-188; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guy-Franck Richard and Bernard Dujon

Molecular Evolution of Minisatellites in Hemiascomycetous Yeasts
MBE Advance Access published on September 21, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 189-202; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hugo Naya, Daniel Gianola, Héctor Romero, Jorge I. Urioste, and Héctor Musto

Inferring Parameters Shaping Amino Acid Usage in Prokaryotic Genomes via Bayesian MCMC Methods
MBE Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 203-211; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ziheng Yang and Bruce Rannala

Bayesian Estimation of Species Divergence Times Under a Molecular Clock Using Multiple Fossil Calibrations with Soft Bounds
MBE Advance Access published on September 21, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 212-226; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diego San Mauro, David J. Gower, Rafael Zardoya, and Mark Wilkinson

A Hotspot of Gene Order Rearrangement by Tandem Duplication and Random Loss in the Vertebrate Mitochondrial Genome
MBE Advance Access published on September 21, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 227-234; doi:10.1093/molbev/msj025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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