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Contents: Volume 24, Number 8, August 2007   [Index by Author] 

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Scott William Roy and David Penny
On the Incidence of Intron Loss and Gain in Paralogous Gene Families
MBE Advance Access published on April 29, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1579-1581; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lise Musset, Jacques Le Bras, and Jérôme Clain
Parallel Evolution of Adaptive Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Mitochondrial DNA During Atovaquone-Proguanil Treatment
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1582-1585; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Ziheng Yang
PAML 4: Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1586-1591; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hisayoshi Nozaki, Mineo Iseki, Masami Hasegawa, Kazuharu Misawa, Takashi Nakada, Narie Sasaki, and Masakatsu Watanabe
Phylogeny of Primary Photosynthetic Eukaryotes as Deduced from Slowly Evolving Nuclear Genes
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1592-1595; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm091 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Koichiro Tamura, Joel Dudley, Masatoshi Nei, and Sudhir Kumar
MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) Software Version 4.0
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1596-1599; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna L. Parmley and Laurence D. Hurst
Exonic Splicing Regulatory Elements Skew Synonymous Codon Usage near Intron-exon Boundaries in Mammals
MBE Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1600-1603; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Irimia, Ignacio Maeso, David Penny, Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez, and Scott William Roy
Rare Coding Sequence Changes are Consistent with Ecdysozoa, not Coelomata
MBE Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1604-1607; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark A. DePristo, Daniel L. Hartl, and Daniel M. Weinreich
Mutational Reversions During Adaptive Protein Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1608-1610; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

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Carina Grauvogel, Henner Brinkmann, and Jörn Petersen
Evolution of the Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase: The Plasticity of Primary Metabolism in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1611-1621; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naoki Osada
Inference of Expression-Dependent Negative Selection Based on Polymorphism and Divergence in the Human Genome
MBE Advance Access published on May 2, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1622-1626; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Teruaki Watabe, Hirohisa Kishino, Leonardo de Oliveira Martins, and Yasuhiro Kitazoe
A Likelihood-based Index of Protein–Protein Binding Affinities with Application to Influenza HA Escape from Antibodies
MBE Advance Access published on May 2, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1627-1638; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Ziheng Yang
Fair-Balance Paradox, Star-tree Paradox, and Bayesian Phylogenetics
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1639-1655; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vitaliy Matveev, Hidenori Nishihara, and Norihiro Okada
Novel SINE Families from Salmons Validate Parahucho (Salmonidae) as a Distinct Genus and Give Evidence that SINEs Can Incorporate LINE-related 3'-Tails of Other SINEs
MBE Advance Access published on April 29, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1656-1666; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey L. Thorne, Sang Chul Choi, Jiaye Yu, Paul G. Higgs, and Hirohisa Kishino
Population Genetics Without Intraspecific Data
MBE Advance Access published on April 29, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1667-1677; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Perreault, Jean-Pierre Perreault, and Gilles Boire
Ro-Associated Y RNAs in Metazoans: Evolution and Diversification
MBE Advance Access published on April 29, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1678-1689; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Christoph Bleidorn, Igor Eeckhaut, Lars Podsiadlowski, Nancy Schult, Damhnait McHugh, Kenneth M. Halanych, Michel C. Milinkovitch, and Ralph Tiedemann
Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Sequence Data Support Myzostomida As Part of the Annelid Radiation
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1690-1701; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremiah D. Hackett, Hwan Su Yoon, Shenglan Li, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Susanne E. Rümmele, and Debashish Bhattacharya
Phylogenomic Analysis Supports the Monophyly of Cryptophytes and Haptophytes and the Association of Rhizaria with Chromalveolates
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1702-1713; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

David C. Lamb, Colin J. Jackson, Andrew G. S. Warrilow, Nigel J. Manning, Diane E. Kelly, and Steven L. Kelly
Lanosterol Biosynthesis in the Prokaryote Methylococcus Capsulatus: Insight into the Evolution of Sterol Biosynthesis
MBE Advance Access published on June 13, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1714-1721; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gavin A. Huttley, Matthew J. Wakefield, and Simon Easteal
Rates of Genome Evolution and Branching Order from Whole Genome Analysis
MBE Advance Access published on May 9, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1722-1730; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Jason C. Slot, Kelly N. Hallstrom, Patrick B. Matheny, and David S. Hibbett
Diversification of NRT2 and the Origin of Its Fungal Homolog
MBE Advance Access published on May 19, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1731-1743; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel E. Neafsey and James E. Galagan
Dual Modes of Natural Selection on Upstream Open Reading Frames
MBE Advance Access published on May 9, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1744-1751; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Davide Pisani, James A. Cotton, and James O. McInerney
Supertrees Disentangle the Chimerical Origin of Eukaryotic Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on May 15, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1752-1760; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Ryan G. Skophammer, Jacqueline A. Servin, Craig W. Herbold, and James A. Lake
Evidence for a Gram-positive, Eubacterial Root of the Tree of Life
MBE Advance Access published on May 19, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1761-1768; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Sang Chul Choi, Asger Hobolth, Douglas M. Robinson, Hirohisa Kishino, and Jeffrey L. Thorne
Quantifying the Impact of Protein Tertiary Structure on Molecular Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on May 23, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1769-1782; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Camille M. Barr, Stephen R. Keller, Pär K. Ingvarsson, Daniel B. Sloan, and Douglas R. Taylor
Variation in Mutation Rate and Polymorphism Among Mitochondrial Genes of Silene vulgaris
MBE Advance Access published on May 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1783-1791; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ryan D. Hernandez, Scott H. Williamson, and Carlos D. Bustamante
Context Dependence, Ancestral Misidentification, and Spurious Signatures of Natural Selection
MBE Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1792-1800; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Baowei Zhang, Ming Li, Zejun Zhang, Benoît Goossens, Lifeng Zhu, Shanning Zhang, Jinchu Hu, Michael W. Bruford, and Fuwen Wei
Genetic Viability and Population History of the Giant Panda, Putting an End to the "Evolutionary Dead End"?
MBE Advance Access published on May 19, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1801-1810; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lone Simonsen, Cécile Viboud, Bryan T. Grenfell, Jonathan Dushoff, Lance Jennings, Marita Smit, Catherine Macken, Mami Hata, Julia Gog, Mark A. Miller, and Edward C. Holmes
The Genesis and Spread of Reassortment Human Influenza A/H3N2 Viruses Conferring Adamantane Resistance
MBE Advance Access published on May 23, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1811-1820; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alissa M. Resch, Liran Carmel, Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez, Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov, Svetlana A. Shabalina, Igor B. Rogozin, and Eugene V. Koonin
Widespread Positive Selection in Synonymous Sites of Mammalian Genes
MBE Advance Access published on May 23, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1821-1831; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Hameed Khan, Natalie Parks, Catherine Kozera, Bruce A. Curtis, Byron J. Parsons, Sharen Bowman, and John M. Archibald
Plastid Genome Sequence of the Cryptophyte Alga Rhodomonas salina CCMP1319: Lateral Transfer of Putative DNA Replication Machinery and a Test of Chromist Plastid Phylogeny
MBE Advance Access published on May 23, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1832-1842; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Livia S. Carvalho, Jill A. Cowing, Susan E. Wilkie, James K. Bowmaker, and David M. Hunt
The Molecular Evolution of Avian Ultraviolet- and Violet-Sensitive Visual Pigments
MBE Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1843-1852; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Louise V. Wain, Elizabeth Bailes, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Julie M. Decker, Brandon F. Keele, Fran Van Heuverswyn, Yingying Li, Jun Takehisa, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole, George M. Shaw, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H. Hahn, and Paul M. Sharp
Adaptation of HIV-1 to Its Human Host
MBE Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1853-1860; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Becq, Maria Cristina Gutierrez, Vania Rosas-Magallanes, Jean Rauzier, Brigitte Gicquel, Olivier Neyrolles, and Patrick Deschavanne
Contribution of Horizontally Acquired Genomic Islands to the Evolution of the Tubercle Bacilli
MBE Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1861-1871; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Claudio Casola, A. Michelle Lawing, Esther Betrán, and Cédric Feschotte
PIF-like Transposons are Common in Drosophila and Have Been Repeatedly Domesticated to Generate New Host Genes
MBE Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1872-1888; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Laura A. Hug and Andrew J. Roger
The Impact of Fossils and Taxon Sampling on Ancient Molecular Dating Analyses
MBE Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1889-1897; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Zeng, Suhua Shi, and Chung-I Wu
Compound Tests for the Detection of Hitchhiking Under Positive Selection
MBE Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2007 24: 1898-1908; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

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