Molecular Biology and Evolution

Letters:

Suzanne Bowen and Alan E. Wheals

Evidence that Protein Length Expansion and Contraction Is Partly Due to Mutational Events in Premeiotic Cells
MBE Advance Access published on April 18, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1339-1340; doi:10.1093/molbev/msk024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Thomas A. Richards and Mark van der Giezen

Evolution of the Isd11–IscS Complex Reveals a Single -Proteobacterial Endosymbiosis for All Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1341-1344; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Anders Fuglsang

Accounting for Background Nucleotide Composition When Measuring Codon Usage Bias: Brilliant Idea, Difficult in Practice
MBE Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1345-1347; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Research Articles:

Jane Charlesworth and Adam Eyre-Walker

The Rate of Adaptive Evolution in Enteric Bacteria
MBE Advance Access published on April 18, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1348-1356; doi:10.1093/molbev/msk025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pratibha Siwach, Saurabh Dilip Pophaly, and Subramaniam Ganesh

Genomic and Evolutionary Insights into Genes Encoding Proteins with Single Amino Acid Repeats
MBE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1357-1369; doi:10.1093/molbev/msk022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jan Mrázek

Analysis of Distribution Indicates Diverse Functions of Simple Sequence Repeats in Mycoplasma Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1370-1385; doi:10.1093/molbev/msk023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Jan Dvorak, Eduard D. Akhunov, Alina R. Akhunov, Karin R. Deal, and Ming-Cheng Luo

Molecular Characterization of a Diagnostic DNA Marker for Domesticated Tetraploid Wheat Provides Evidence for Gene Flow from Wild Tetraploid Wheat to Hexaploid Wheat
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1386-1396; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guy Baele, Jeroen Raes, Yves Van de Peer, and Stijn Vansteelandt

An Improved Statistical Method for Detecting Heterotachy in Nucleotide Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1397-1405; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saraswathi Abhiman, Carsten O. Daub, and Erik L. L. Sonnhammer

Prediction of Function Divergence in Protein Families Using the Substitution Rate Variation Parameter Alpha
MBE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1406-1413; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Akihiko Koga, Atsuo Iida, Hiroshi Hori, Atsuko Shimada, and Akihiro Shima

Vertebrate DNA Transposon as a Natural Mutator: The Medaka Fish Tol2 Element Contributes to Genetic Variation without Recognizable Traces
MBE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1414-1419; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filipe Pereira, Simon J. M. Davis, Luísa Pereira, Brian McEvoy, Daniel G. Bradley, and António Amorim

Genetic Signatures of a Mediterranean Influence in Iberian Peninsula Sheep Husbandry
MBE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1420-1426; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Rafael Sanjuán, Javier Forment, and Santiago F. Elena

In Silico Predicted Robustness of Viroids RNA Secondary Structures. I. The Effect of Single Mutations
MBE Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1427-1436; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ross F. Waller, Claudio H. Slamovits, and Patrick J. Keeling

Lateral Gene Transfer of a Multigene Region from Cyanobacteria to Dinoflagellates Resulting in a Novel Plastid-Targeted Fusion Protein
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1437-1443; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Goldstein and David D. Pollock

Observations of Amino Acid Gain and Loss during Protein Evolution Are Explained by Statistical Bias
MBE Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1444-1449; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xuhua Xia, Huaichun Wang, Zheng Xie, Malisa Carullo, Huang Huang, and Donal Hickey

Cytosine Usage Modulates the Correlation between CDS Length and CG Content in Prokaryotic Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on May 10, 2006
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1450-1454; doi:10.1093/molbev/msl012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Baleen Whale Phylogeny and a Past Extensive Radiation Event Revealed by SINE Insertion Analysis
Mol Biol Evol 2006 23: 1455; doi:10.1093/molbev/msk026 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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