Molecular Biology and Evolution

Letters

Get checked abstract Andrew Rambaut, Simon Y.W. Ho, Alexei J. Drummond, and Beth Shapiro

Accommodating the Effect of Ancient DNA Damage on Inferences of Demographic Histories
MBE Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 245-248; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Min Wu, Josep M. Comeron, Hwan Su Yoon, and Debashish Bhattacharya

Unexpected Dynamic Gene Family Evolution in Algal Actins
MBE Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 249-253; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article

Get checked abstract Maria Anisimova and Carolin Kosiol

Investigating Protein-Coding Sequence Evolution with Probabilistic Codon Substitution Models
MBE Advance Access published on October 14, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 255-271; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Articles

Get checked abstract Weiwei Zhai, Rasmus Nielsen, and Montgomery Slatkin

An Investigation of the Statistical Power of Neutrality Tests Based on Comparative and Population Genetic Data
MBE Advance Access published on October 14, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 273-283; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Celine Brochier-Armanet, Emmanuel Talla, and Simonetta Gribaldo

The Multiple Evolutionary Histories of Dioxygen Reductases: Implications for the Origin and Evolution of Aerobic Respiration
MBE Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 285-297; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Renae C. Pratt, Gillian C. Gibb, Mary Morgan-Richards, Matthew J. Phillips, Michael D. Hendy, and David Penny

Toward Resolving Deep Neoaves Phylogeny: Data, Signal Enhancement, and Priors
MBE Advance Access published on November 3, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 313-326; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chongjian Chen, Takeshi Ara, and Daniel Gautheret

Using Alu Elements as Polyadenylation Sites: A Case of Retroposon Exaptation
MBE Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 327-334; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fabia U. Battistuzzi and S. Blair Hedges

A Major Clade of Prokaryotes with Ancient Adaptations to Life on Land
MBE Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 335-343; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kevin J. Balbi, Eduardo P.C. Rocha, and Edward J. Feil

The Temporal Dynamics of Slightly Deleterious Mutations in Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.
MBE Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 345-355; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pascal-Antoine Christin, Blaise Petitpierre, Nicolas Salamin, Lucie Büchi, and Guillaume Besnard

Evolution of C₄ Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Grasses, from Genotype to Phenotype
MBE Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 357-365; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Megan Woolfit, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Elizabeth A. McGraw, and Scott L. O'Neill

An Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfer between Mosquito and the Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia pipientis
MBE Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 367-374; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jae H. Hur, Karine Van Doninck, Morgan L. Mandigo, and Matthew Meselson

Degenerate Tetraploidy Was Established Before Bdelloid Rotifer Families Diverged
MBE Advance Access published on November 7, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 375-383; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wanessa C. Lima, Alessandro M. Varani, and Carlos F.M. Menck

NAD Biosynthesis Evolution in Bacteria: Lateral Gene Transfer of Kynurenine Pathway in Xanthomonadales and Flavobacteriales
MBE Advance Access published on November 12, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 399-406; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wendy E. Grus and Jianzhi Zhang

Origin of the Genetic Components of the Vomeronasal System in the Common Ancestor of all Extant Vertebrates
MBE Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 407-419; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Catania, François Wurmser, Alexey A. Potekhin, Ewa Przybos, and Michael Lynch

Genetic Diversity in the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex
MBE Advance Access published on November 20, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 421-431; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew A. Streisfeld and Mark D. Rausher

Altered trans-Regulatory Control of Gene Expression in Multiple Anthocyanin Genes Contributes to Adaptive Flower Color Evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus
MBE Advance Access published on November 24, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 433-444; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tom A. Williams, Kenneth H. Wolfe, and Mario A. Fares

No Rosetta Stone for a Sense–Antisense Origin of Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Classes
MBE Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 445-450; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Björn M. Hallström and Axel Janke

Gnathostome Phylogenomics Utilizing Lungfish EST Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on November 24, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 463-471; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Reed A. Cartwright

Problems and Solutions for Estimating Indel Rates and Length Distributions
MBE Advance Access published on November 28, 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 473-480; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction in Primate Mitochondrial DNA: Compositional Bias and Effect on Functional Inference
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 481; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn280 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

Marcy K. Uyenoyama

Editor's Report for 2008
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 483-484; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) Council and Business Meetings, 2008, Barcelona, Spain
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 485-486; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn276 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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