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Richard Cordaux
Gene Conversion Maintains Nonfunctional Transposable Elements in an Obligate Mutualistic Endosymbiont
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1679-1682; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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H. Sofia Pereira, Augusta Barão, Ana Caperta, João Rocha, Wanda Viegas, and Margarida Delgado
Rye Bs Disclose Ancestral Sequences in Cereal Genomes with a Potential Role in Gametophyte Chromatid Segregation
MBE Advance Access published on April 24, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1683-1697; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio H. Slamovits and Patrick J. Keeling
Evolution of Ultrasmall Spliceosomal Introns in Highly Reduced Nuclear Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on April 20, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1699-1705; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jeroen R.P.M. Strating, Nick H.M. van Bakel, Jack A.M. Leunissen, and Gerard J.M. Martens
A Comprehensive Overview of the Vertebrate p24 Family: Identification of a Novel Tissue-Specifically Expressed Member
MBE Advance Access published on May 8, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1707-1714; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Heger, Chris P. Ponting, and Ian Holmes
Accurate Estimation of Gene Evolutionary Rates Using XRATE, with an Application to Transmembrane Proteins
MBE Advance Access published on April 20, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1715-1721; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Sara Guirao-Rico and Montserrat Aguadé
Positive Selection Has Driven the Evolution of the Drosophila Insulin-Like Receptor (InR) at Different Timescales
MBE Advance Access published on April 27, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1723-1732; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew D. Dean, Nathaniel L. Clark, Geoffrey D. Findlay, Robert C. Karn, Xianhua Yi, Willie J. Swanson, Michael J. MacCoss, and Michael W. Nachman
Proteomics and Comparative Genomic Investigations Reveal Heterogeneity in Evolutionary Rate of Male Reproductive Proteins in Mice (Mus domesticus)
MBE Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1733-1743; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Judith Nardmann, Pascal Reisewitz, and Wolfgang Werr
Discrete Shoot and Root Stem Cell-Promoting WUS/WOX5 Functions Are an Evolutionary Innovation of Angiosperms
MBE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1745-1755; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Huan Zhang, David A. Campbell, Nancy R. Sturm, and Senjie Lin
Dinoflagellate Spliced Leader RNA Genes Display a Variety of Sequences and Genomic Arrangements
MBE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1757-1771; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine Staiger, Alexander Hinneburg, and Ralf Bernd Klösgen
Diversity in Degrees of Freedom of Mitochondrial Transit Peptides
MBE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1773-1780; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franziska Hempel, Lars Bullmann, Julia Lau, Stefan Zauner, and Uwe G. Maier
ERAD-Derived Preprotein Transport across the Second Outermost Plastid Membrane of Diatoms
MBE Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1781-1790; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Lumi Viljakainen, Jay D. Evans, Martin Hasselmann, Olav Rueppell, Salim Tingek, and Pekka Pamilo
Rapid Evolution of Immune Proteins in Social Insects
MBE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1791-1801; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wayne L. Davies, Shaun P. Collin, and David M. Hunt
Adaptive Gene Loss Reflects Differences in the Visual Ecology of Basal Vertebrates
MBE Advance Access published on April 27, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1803-1809; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Peter A. Novick, Holly Basta, Mark Floumanhaft, Marcella A. McClure, and Stéphane Boissinot
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Autonomous Non-LTR Retrotransposons in the Lizard Anolis Carolinensis Shows More Similarity to Fish Than Mammals
MBE Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1811-1822; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey D. Wall, Kirk E. Lohmueller, and Vincent Plagnol
Detecting Ancient Admixture and Estimating Demographic Parameters in Multiple Human Populations
MBE Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1823-1827; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Eran Elhaik, Giddy Landan, and Dan Graur
Can GC Content at Third-Codon Positions Be Used as a Proxy for Isochore Composition?
MBE Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1829-1833; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naoko Takezaki and Masatoshi Nei
Genomic Drift and Evolution of Microsatellite DNAs in Human Populations
MBE Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1835-1840; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Tobias Weil, Judith Korb, and Michael Rehli
Comparison of Queen-Specific Gene Expression in Related Lower Termite Species
MBE Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1841-1850; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas M. Wade, Alina Tollenaere, Mike R. Hall, and Bernard M. Degnan
Evolution of a Novel Carotenoid-Binding Protein Responsible for Crustacean Shell Color
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1851-1864; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefano Mona, Katharina E. Grunz, Silke Brauer, Brigitte Pakendorf, Loredana Castrì, Herawati Sudoyo, Sangkot Marzuki, Robert H. Barnes, Jörg Schmidtke, Mark Stoneking, and Manfred Kayser
Genetic Admixture History of Eastern Indonesia as Revealed by Y-Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1865-1877; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

William Fletcher and Ziheng Yang
INDELible: A Flexible Simulator of Biological Sequence Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1879-1888; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

A. Cellamare, C.R. Catacchio, C. Alkan, G. Giannuzzi, F. Antonacci, M.F. Cardone, G. Della Valle, M. Malig, M. Rocchi, E.E. Eichler, and M. Ventura
New Insights into Centromere Organization and Evolution from the White-Cheeked Gibbon and Marmoset
MBE Advance Access published on May 8, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1889-1900; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Spencer and Ajanthah Sangaralingam
A Phylogenetic Mixture Model for Gene Family Loss in Parasitic Bacteria
MBE Advance Access published on May 12, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1901-1908; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Guillaume Besnard, A. Muthama Muasya, Flavien Russier, Eric H. Roalson, Nicolas Salamin, and Pascal-Antoine Christin
Phylogenomics of C4 Photosynthesis in Sedges (Cyperaceae): Multiple Appearances and Genetic Convergence
MBE Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1909-1919; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Eugene A. Gladyshev and Irina R. Arkhipova
A Single-Copy IS5-Like Transposon in the Genome of a Bdelloid Rotifer
MBE Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: 1921-1929; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: NP; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp152 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Mol Biol Evol 2009 26: NP; doi:10.1093/molbev/msp154 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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