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David Penny, W. T. White, Mike D. Hendy, and Matthew J. Phillips
A Bias in ML Estimates of Branch Lengths in the Presence of Multiple Signals
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 239-242; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel B. Sloan, Camille M. Barr, Matthew S. Olson, Stephen R. Keller, and Douglas R. Taylor
Evolutionary Rate Variation at Multiple Levels of Biological Organization in Plant Mitochondrial DNA
MBE Advance Access published on December 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 243-246; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

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Stephanie S. Hughes, Cedric O. Buckley, and Daniel E. Neafsey
Complex Selection on Intron Size in Cryptococcus neoformans
MBE Advance Access published on January 2, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 247-253; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristoffer Forslund, Anna Henricson, Volker Hollich, and Erik L. L. Sonnhammer
Domain Tree-Based Analysis of Protein Architecture Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 254-264; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Natalie Cusimano, Li-Bing Zhang, and Susanne S. Renner
Reevaluation of the cox1 Group I Intron in Araceae and Angiosperms Indicates a History Dominated by Loss rather than Horizontal Transfer
MBE Advance Access published on December 24, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 265-276; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Nadia A. Ayoub and Cheryl Y. Hayashi
Multiple Recombining Loci Encode MaSp1, the Primary Constituent of Dragline Silk, in Widow Spiders (Latrodectus: Theridiidae)
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 277-286; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Björn Nystedt, A. Carolin Frank, Mikael Thollesson, and Siv G. E. Andersson
Diversifying Selection and Concerted Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Bartonella
MBE Advance Access published on December 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 287-300; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Georgina R. Bowden, Patricia Balaresque, Turi E. King, Ziff Hansen, Andrew C. Lee, Giles Pergl-Wilson, Emma Hurley, Stephen J. Roberts, Patrick Waite, Judith Jesch, Abigail L. Jones, Mark G. Thomas, Stephen E. Harding, and Mark A. Jobling
Excavating Past Population Structures by Surname-Based Sampling: The Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in Northwest England
MBE Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 301-309; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm255 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Scott Coyle and Evgueny Kroll
Starvation Induces Genomic Rearrangements and Starvation-Resilient Phenotypes in Yeast
MBE Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 310-318; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Helmi Kuittinen, Anne Niittyvuopio, Paula Rinne, and Outi Savolainen
Natural Variation in Arabidopsis lyrata Vernalization Requirement Conferred by a FRIGIDA Indel Polymorphism
MBE Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 319-329; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Marzia Tartari, Carmela Gissi, Valentina Lo Sardo, Chiara Zuccato, Ernesto Picardi, Graziano Pesole, and Elena Cattaneo
Phylogenetic Comparison of Huntingtin Homologues Reveals the Appearance of a Primitive polyQ in Sea Urchin
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 330-338; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm258 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Wenli Jia and Paul G. Higgs
Codon Usage in Mitochondrial Genomes: Distinguishing Context-Dependent Mutation from Translational Selection
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 339-351; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tamaki Yuri, Rebecca T. Kimball, Edward L. Braun, and Michael J. Braun
Duplication of Accelerated Evolution and Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 352-361; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Karro, M. Peifer, R. C. Hardison, M. Kollmann, and H. H. von Grünberg
Exponential Decay of GC Content Detected by Strand-Symmetric Substitution Rates Influences the Evolution of Isochore Structure
MBE Advance Access published on November 27, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 362-374; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm261 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Manuel Irimia, Jakob L. Rukov, David Penny, Jordi Garcia-Fernandez, Jeppe Vinther, and Scott W. Roy
Widespread Evolutionary Conservation of Alternatively Spliced Exons in Caenorhabditis
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 375-382; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew D. Dean, Jeffrey M. Good, and Michael W. Nachman
Adaptive Evolution of Proteins Secreted during Sperm Maturation: An Analysis of the Mouse Epididymal Transcriptome
MBE Advance Access published on December 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 383-392; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Norman J. Wickett, Yan Zhang, S. Kellon Hansen, Jessie M. Roper, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Sheila A. Plock, Paul G. Wolf, Claude W. dePamphilis, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Bernard Goffinet
Functional Gene Losses Occur with Minimal Size Reduction in the Plastid Genome of the Parasitic Liverwort Aneura mirabilis
MBE Advance Access published on December 1, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 393-401; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stuart Stephen, Michael Pheasant, Igor V. Makunin, and John S. Mattick
Large-Scale Appearance of Ultraconserved Elements in Tetrapod Genomes and Slowdown of the Molecular Clock
MBE Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 402-408; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas Derome, Emmanuelle Baudry, David Ogereau, Michel Veuille, and Catherine Montchamp-Moreau
Selective Sweeps in a 2-Locus Model for Sex-Ratio Meiotic Drive in Drosophila simulans
MBE Advance Access published on December 10, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 409-416; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuelle Eveno, Carmen Collada, M. Angeles Guevara, Valérie Léger, Alvaro Soto, Luis Díaz, Patrick Léger, Santiago C. González-Martínez, M. Teresa Cervera, Christophe Plomion, and Pauline H. Garnier-Géré
"Contrasting Patterns of Selection at Pinus pinaster Ait. Drought Stress Candidate Genes as Revealed by Genetic Differentiation Analyses"
MBE Advance Access published on December 7, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 417-437; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey D. Jensen, Kevin R. Thornton, and Charles F. Aquadro
Inferring Selection in Partially Sequenced Regions
MBE Advance Access published on December 28, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 438-446; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Ward C. Wheeler and Kurt M. Pickett
Topology-Bayes versus Clade-Bayes in Phylogenetic Analysis
MBE Advance Access published on December 12, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 447-453; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nadia D. Singh, Amanda M. Larracuente, and Andrew G. Clark
Contrasting the Efficacy of Selection on the X and Autosomes in Drosophila
MBE Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 454-467; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Quentin D. Atkinson, Russell D. Gray, and Alexei J. Drummond
mtDNA Variation Predicts Population Size in Humans and Reveals a Major Southern Asian Chapter in Human Prehistory
MBE Advance Access published on December 18, 2007
Mol Biol Evol 2008 25: 468-474; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

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