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Letters Back

Hong Chen, Lin Xu, and Zhenglong Gu
Regulation Dynamics of WGD Genes during Yeast Metabolic Oscillation
MBE Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2513-2516; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel Arenas, Gabriel Valiente, and David Posada
Characterization of Reticulate Networks Based on the Coalescent with Recombination
MBE Advance Access published on October 15, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2517-2520; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Mihai Albu, Xiang Jia Min, Donal Hickey, and Brian Golding
Uncorrected Nucleotide Bias in mtDNA Can Mimic the Effects of Positive Darwinian Selection
MBE Advance Access published on October 8, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2521-2524; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Research Articles Back

Federico Squartini and Peter F. Arndt
Quantifying the Stationarity and Time Reversibility of the Nucleotide Substitution Process
MBE Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2525-2535; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony J. Greenberg, Sarah R. Stockwell, and Andrew G. Clark
Evolutionary Constraint and Adaptation in the Metabolic Network of Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2537-2546; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ying Zhen and Mark C. Ungerer
Relaxed Selection on the CBF/DREB1 Regulatory Genes and Reduced Freezing Tolerance in the Southern Range of Arabidopsis thaliana
MBE Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2547-2555; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Steven E. Massey
The Proteomic Constraint and Its Role in Molecular Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2557-2565; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Anna E. Palmé, Mark Wright, and Outi Savolainen
Patterns of Divergence among Conifer ESTs and Polymorphism in Pinus sylvestris Identify Putative Selective Sweeps
MBE Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2567-2577; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Mikael Brandström, Andrew T. Bagshaw, Neil J. Gemmell, and Hans Ellegren
The Relationship Between Microsatellite Polymorphism and Recombination Hot Spots in the Human Genome
MBE Advance Access published on September 15, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2579-2587; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Federico G. Hoffmann, Juan C. Opazo, and Jay F. Storz
New Genes Originated via Multiple Recombinational Pathways in the β-Globin Gene Family of Rodents
MBE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2589-2600; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Orsolya Symmons, András Váradi, and Tamás Arányi
How Segmental Duplications Shape Our Genome: Recent Evolution of ABCC6 and PKD1 Mendelian Disease Genes
MBE Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2601-2613; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

John Wakeley
Conditional Gene Genealogies under Strong Purifying Selection
MBE Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2615-2626; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mayako Kutsukake, Naruo Nikoh, Harunobu Shibao, Claude Rispe, Jean-Christophe Simon, and Takema Fukatsu
Evolution of Soldier-Specific Venomous Protease in Social Aphids
MBE Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2627-2641; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Sean Michael Carroll, Jamie T. Bridgham, and Joseph W. Thornton
Evolution of Hormone Signaling in Elasmobranchs by Exploitation of Promiscuous Receptors
MBE Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2643-2652; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth Frommolt, Sonja Werner, Harald Paulsen, Reimund Goss, Christian Wilhelm, Stefan Zauner, Uwe G. Maier, Arthur R. Grossman, Debashish Bhattacharya, and Martin Lohr
Ancient Recruitment by Chromists of Green Algal Genes Encoding Enzymes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis
MBE Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2653-2667; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jacob A. Tennessen and Michael S. Blouin
Balancing Selection at a Frog Antimicrobial Peptide Locus: Fluctuating Immune Effector Alleles?
MBE Advance Access published on September 17, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2669-2680; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn208 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Austin L. Hughes and Robert Friedman
Genome Size Reduction in the Chicken Has Involved Massive Loss of Ancestral Protein-Coding Genes
MBE Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2681-2688; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Chih-Horng Kuo, John P. Wares, and Jessica C. Kissinger
The Apicomplexan Whole-Genome Phylogeny: An Analysis of Incongruence among Gene Trees
MBE Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2689-2698; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Tomislav Domazet-Loso and Diethard Tautz
An Ancient Evolutionary Origin of Genes Associated with Human Genetic Diseases
MBE Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2699-2707; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Junichi Sugahara, Kaoru Kikuta, Kosuke Fujishima, Nozomu Yachie, Masaru Tomita, and Akio Kanai
Comprehensive Analysis of Archaeal tRNA Genes Reveals Rapid Increase of tRNA Introns in the Order Thermoproteales
MBE Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2709-2716; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Dimitra Chalkia, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Wojciech Makalowski, Jan Klein, and Masatoshi Nei
Origins and Evolution of the Formin Multigene Family That Is Involved in the Formation of Actin Filaments
MBE Advance Access published on October 6, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2717-2733; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Brian C. Verrelli, Cecil M. Lewis, Jr, Anne C. Stone, and George H. Perry
Different Selective Pressures Shape the Molecular Evolution of Color Vision in Chimpanzee and Human Populations
MBE Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2735-2743; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samir Wadhawan, Benjamin Dickins, and Anton Nekrutenko
Wheels within Wheels: Clues to the Evolution of the Gnas and Gnal Loci
MBE Advance Access published on October 8, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2745-2757; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filipe Pereira, Pedro Soares, João Carneiro, Luísa Pereira, Martin B. Richards, David C. Samuels, and António Amorim
Evidence for Variable Selective Pressures at a Large Secondary Structure of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Control Region
MBE Advance Access published on October 9, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2759-2770; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum Back

Takashi Makino and Aoife McLysaght
Interacting Gene Clusters and the Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2771; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn241 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MBE Reviewers Back

MBE Reviewers: Volume 25
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 2773-2778; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn242 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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