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MBE Advance Access

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8 February 2010

Abstract Research Article: Mary G. Schueler, Willie Swanson, Pamela J. Thomas, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, and Eric D. Green
Adaptive Evolution of Foundation Kinetochore Proteins in Primates
MBE Advance Access published on February 8, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq043
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Abstract Research Article: Judith E. Mank, Kiwoong Nam, Björn Brunström, and Hans Ellgren
Ontogenetic Complexity of Sexual Dimorphism and Sex-Specific Selection
MBE Advance Access published on February 8, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq042
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Abstract Research Article: EH Leder, JM Cano, T Leinonen, RB O'Hara, M Nikinmaa, CR Primmer, and J Merilä
Female-biased expression on the X chromosome as a key step in sex chromosome evolution in threespine sticklebacks
MBE Advance Access published on February 8, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq031
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Abstract Research Article: Li Yu, Wei Jin, Jia-xin Wang, Xin Zhang, Meng-meng Chen, Zhou-hai Zhu, Hang Lee, Muyeong Lee, and Ya-ping Zhang
Characterization of TRPC2, an essential genetic component of VNS chemoreception provides insights into the evolution of pheromonal olfaction in secondary-adapted marine mammals
MBE Advance Access published on February 8, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq027
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5 February 2010

Abstract Letter: Jingjing Li, Zineng Yuan, and Zhaolei Zhang
Revisiting the contribution of cis-elements to expression divergence between duplicated genes: the role of chromatin structure
MBE Advance Access published on February 5, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq041
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Abstract Research Article
Harriet V. Hunt, Kay Denyer, Len C. Packman, Martin K. Jones, and Christopher J. Howe
Molecular basis of the waxy endosperm starch phenotype in broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)
MBE Advance Access published on February 5, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq040
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4 February 2010

Abstract Research Article: Hallie S. Rane, Jessica M. Smith, Ulfar Bergthorsson, and Vaishali Katju
Gene conversion and DNA sequence polymorphism in the sex-determination gene fog-2 and its paralog ftr-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq039
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Abstract Research Article: Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Gillian H. Gile, Shuhei Ota, Patrick J. Keeling, and Ken-ichiro Ishida
Characterization of periplastidal compartment targeting signals in chlorarachniophytes
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq038
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1 February 2010

Abstract Research Article
Ernesto Pérez-Rueda and Sarath Chandra Janga
Identification and genomic analysis of transcription factors in archaeal genomes exemplifies their functional architecture and evolutionary origin
MBE Advance Access published on February 1, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq033
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Abstract Letter: Edward B. Chuong, Wenfei Tong, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
Maternal-Fetal Conflict: Rapidly Evolving Proteins in the Rodent Placenta
MBE Advance Access published on February 1, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq034
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Abstract Research Article: Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Hwan Su Yoon, Ahmed Moustafa, Eun Chan Yang, Robert A. Andersen, Sung Min Boo, Takuro Nakayama, Ken-ichiro Ishida, and Debashish Bhattacharya
Differential gene retention in plastids of common recent origin
MBE Advance Access published on February 1, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq032
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29 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Katrina G. Claw, Raul Y. Tito, Anne C. Stone, and Brian C. Verrelli
Haplotype structure and divergence at human and chimpanzee serotonin transporter and receptor genes: implications for behavioral disorder association analyses
MBE Advance Access published on January 29, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq030
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Abstract Research Article: Andrew J. Alverson, XiaoXin Wei, Danny W. Rice, David B. Stern, Kerrie Barry, and Jeffrey D. Palmer
Insights into the evolution of mitochondrial genome size from complete sequences of Citrullus lanatus and Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)
MBE Advance Access published on January 29, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq029
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Abstract Research Article: Daniel Wegmann and Laurent Excoffier
Bayesian Inference of the Demographic History of Chimpanzees
MBE Advance Access published on January 29, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq028
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Abstract Research Article: Michael Lynch and Adam Abegg
The Rate of Establishment of Complex Adaptations
MBE Advance Access published on January 29, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq020
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28 January 2010

Abstract Letter: Brendan G. Hunt, Stefan Wyder, Navin Elango, John H. Werren, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Soojin V. Yi, and Michael A. D. Goodisman
Sociality is linked to rates of protein evolution in a highly social insect
MBE Advance Access published on January 28, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp225
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27 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Xuan Zhuang and C.-H.Christina Cheng
ND6 gene "lost" and found: evolution of mitochondrial gene rearrangement in Antarctic notothenioids
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq026
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Abstract Research Article: Wen-Chih Chiu, Chia-Pei Chang, Wei-Ling Wen, Shao-Win Wang, and Chien-Chia Wang
Schizosaccharomyces pombe possesses two paralogous valyl-tRNA synthetase genes of mitochondrial origin
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq025
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Abstract Research Article
Jeffrey E. Barrick, Mark R. Kauth, Christopher C. Strelioff, and Richard E. Lenski
Escherichia coli rpoB mutants have increased evolvability in proportion to their fitness defects
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq024
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Abstract Research Article: Kai Zeng
A simple multi-allele model and its application to identifying preferred/unpreferred codons using polymorphism data
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq023
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Abstract Research Article: Alaine C. Keebaugh and James W. Thomas
The evolutionary fate of the genes encoding the purine catabolic enzymes in hominoids, birds, and reptiles
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq022
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Abstract Research Article: Václav Mahelka and David Kopecky
Gene Capture from Across the Grass Family in the Allohexaploid Elymus repens (L.) Gould (Poaceae, Triticeae) as Evidenced by ITS, GBSSI, and Molecular Cytogenetics
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq021
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Abstract Research Article: M. Remmert, A. Biegert, D. Linke, A.N. Lupas, and J. Söding
Evolution of outer membrane β-barrels from an ancestral ββ hairpin
MBE Advance Access published on January 27, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq017
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25 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Gennady Churakov, Manoj K. Sadasivuni, Kate R. Rosenbloom, Dorothée Huchon, Jürgen Brosius, and Jürgen Schmitz
Rodent Evolution: Back to the Root
MBE Advance Access published on January 25, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq019
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22 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Leslie M. Turner, Adrian R. Young, Holger Römpler, Torsten Schöneberg, Steven M. Phelps, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
Monogamy evolves through multiple mechanisms: Evidence from V1aR in deer mice
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq013
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Abstract Research Article: Brendan D. O'Fallon, Jon Seger, and Frederick R. Adler
A continuous-state coalescent and the impact of weak selection on the structure of gene genealogies
MBE Advance Access published on January 22, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq006
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21 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Olivier François, Mathias Currat, Nicolas Ray, Eunjung Han, Laurent Excoffier, and John Novembre
Principal Component Analysis under Population Genetic Models of Range Expansion and Admixture
MBE Advance Access published on January 21, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq010
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Abstract Research Article
Seena D. Shah, John Doorbar, and Richard A. Goldstein
Analysis of host-parasite incongruence in Papillomavirus evolution using importance sampling
MBE Advance Access published on January 21, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq015
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Abstract Research Article: Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Alan Filipski, S. Blair Hedges, and Sudhir Kumar
Performance of relaxed clock methods in estimating evolutionary divergence times and their credibility intervals
MBE Advance Access published on January 21, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq014
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Abstract Research Article: Javier Gallego-Bartolomé, Eugenio G. Minguet, Jaime A. Marín, Salomé Prat, Miguel A. Blázquez, and David Alabadí
Transcriptional diversification and functional conservation between DELLA proteins in Arabidopsis
MBE Advance Access published on January 21, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq012
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Abstract Research Article
Gabriela G. Loots and Ivan Ovcharenko
Human Variation in Short Regions Predisposed to Deep Evolutionary Conservation
MBE Advance Access published on January 21, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq011
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20 January 2010

Abstract Research Article
Miguel Lacerda, Konrad Scheffler, and Cathal Seoighe
Epitope Discovery with Phylogenetic Hidden Markov Models
MBE Advance Access published on January 20, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq008
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18 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Jessica A. Thomas, John J. Welch, Robert Lanfear, and Lindell Bromham
A generation time effect on the rate of molecular evolution in invertebrates
MBE Advance Access originally published on January 18, 2010. This version published January 19, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq009
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15 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Steve Dorus, Elizabeth R. Wasbrough, Jennifer Busby, Elaine C. Wilkins, and Timothy L. Karr
Sperm Proteomics Reveals Intensified Selection on Mouse Sperm Membrane and Acrosome Genes
MBE Advance Access published on January 15, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq007
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Abstract Research Article: Oliver Zobell, Wolfram Faigl, Heinz Saedler, and Thomas Münster
MIKC* MADS-box proteins: Conserved regulators of the gametophytic generation of land plants
MBE Advance Access published on January 15, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq005
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11 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Gregory B. Gloor, Gaurav Tyagi, Dana M. Abrassart, Andrew J. Kingston, Andrew D. Fernandes, Stanley D. Dunn, and Christopher J. Brandl
Functionally compensating, coevolving positions are neither homoplasic nor conserved in clades
MBE Advance Access published on January 11, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq004
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8 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Atsushi Matsui, Yasuhiro Go, and Yoshihito Niimura
Degeneration of Olfactory Receptor Gene Repertories in Primates: No Direct Link to Full Trichromatic Vision
MBE Advance Access published on January 8, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq003
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7 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Amy Lynd, David Weetman, Susana Barbosa, Alexander Egyir-Yawson, Sara Mitchell, Joao Pinto, Ian Hastings, and Martin J Donnelly
Field, genetic and modelling approaches show strong positive selection acting upon an insecticide resistance mutation in Anopheles gambiae s.s.
MBE Advance Access published on January 7, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq002
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Abstract Research Article: Armando Caballero and Humberto Quesada
Homoplasy and distribution of AFLP fragments: an analysis in silico of the genome of different species
MBE Advance Access published on January 7, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msq001
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4 January 2010

Abstract Research Article: Federico G. Hoffmann, Jay F. Storz, Thomas A. Gorr, and Juan C. Opazo
Lineage-Specific Patterns of Functional Diversification in the ${alpha}$ - and β-Globin Gene Families of Tetrapod Vertebrates
MBE Advance Access published on January 4, 2010.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp325
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31 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Nathaniel L. Clark and Charles F. Aquadro
A Novel Method to Detect Proteins Evolving at Correlated Rates: Identifying New Functional Relationships between Coevolving Proteins
MBE Advance Access published on December 31, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp324
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24 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Kenji Hikosaka, Yoh-ichi Watanabe, Naotoshi Tsuji, Kiyoshi Kita, Hiroe Kishine, Nobuko Arisue, Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac, Shin-ichiro Kawazu, Hiromi Sawai, Toshihiro Horii, Ikuo Igarashi, and Kazuyuki Tanabe
Divergence of the mitochondrial genome structure in the apicomplexan parasites, Babesia and Theileria
MBE Advance Access published on December 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp320
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Abstract Research Article: David A. Morrison
Using Data-Display Networks for Exploratory Data Analysis in Phylogenetic Studies
MBE Advance Access published on December 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp309
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22 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Yuan Li, Michael Stocks, Sofia Hemmilä, Thomas Källman, Hongtao Zhu, Yongfeng Zhou, Jun Chen, Jianquan Liu, and Martin Lascoux
Demographic histories of four spruce (Picea) species of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and neighboring areas inferred from multiple nuclear loci
MBE Advance Access published on December 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp301
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21 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Tsubasa Sakai, Masato Aoyama, Takehiro Kusakabe, Motoyuki Tsuda, and Honoo Satake
Functional diversity of signaling pathways through G protein-coupled receptor heterodimerization with a species-specific orphan receptor subtype
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp319
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Abstract Research Article: Michael J. Raboin, Ashley F. Timko, Dana K. Howe, Marie-Anne Félix, and Dee R. Denver
Evolution of Caenorhabditis mitochondrial genome pseudogenes and C. briggsae natural isolates
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp318
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Abstract Letter: Dennis V. Lavrov
Rapid proliferation of repetitive palindromic elements in mtDNA of the endemic Baikalian sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp317
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Abstract Research Article: Robert Carter and Guy Drouin
The increase in the number of subunits in eukaryotic RNA polymerase III relative to RNA polymerase II is due to the permanent recruitment of general transcription factors
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp316
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Abstract Research Article: María Jesús García-Pereira, Armando Caballero, and Humberto Quesada
Evaluating the relationship between evolutionary divergence and phylogenetic accuracy in AFLP data sets
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp315
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Abstract Research Article: Catherine J. Pink and Laurence D. Hurst
Timing of replication is a determinant of neutral substitution rates but does not explain slow Y chromosome evolution in rodents
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp314
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Abstract Research Article: O. Sakarya, C. Conaco, Ö. Egecioglu, S.A. Solla, T.H. Oakley, and K.S. Kosik
Evolutionary Expansion and Specialization of the PDZ Domains
MBE Advance Access published on December 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp311
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18 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Shinichiro Maruyama, Junichi Sugahara, Akio Kanai, and Hisayoshi Nozaki
Permuted tRNA genes in the nuclear and nucleomorph genomes of photosynthetic eukaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on December 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp313
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Abstract Letter: Naoko Takezaki, Masatoshi Nei, and Koichiro Tamura
POPTREE2 : Software for constructing population trees from allele frequency data and computing other population statistics with Windows-interface
MBE Advance Access published on December 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp312
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17 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Hagar Weinberger, Yehu Moran, Dalia Gordon, Michael Turkov, Roy Kahn, and Michael Gurevitz
Positions under positive selection - key for selectivity and potency of scorpion ${alpha}$ -toxins
MBE Advance Access published on December 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp310
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Abstract Research Article: Matti W. Leino and Jenny Hagenblad
19th century seeds reveal the population genetics of landrace barley (Hordeum vulgare)
MBE Advance Access published on December 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp308
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Abstract Research Article
James J. Davis and Gary J. Olsen
Modal Codon Usage: Assessing the typical codon usage of a genome
MBE Advance Access published on December 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp281
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16 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Eran Elhaik, Dan Graur, and Kresimir Josic
Comparative testing of DNA segmentation algorithms using benchmark simulations
MBE Advance Access published on December 16, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp307
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14 December 2009

Abstract Letter: Peter J. A. Cock and David E. Whitworth
Evolution of relative reading frame bias in unidirectional prokaryotic gene overlaps
MBE Advance Access published on December 14, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp302
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Abstract Research Article: J. Roman Arguello, Yue Zhang, Tomoyuki Kado, Chuanzhu Fan, Ruoping Zhao, Hideki Innan, Wen Wang, and Manyuan Long
Recombination yet inefficient selection along the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup's fourth chromosome
MBE Advance Access published on December 14, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp291
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8 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Maurine Neiman, Gery Hehman, Joseph T. Miller, John M. Logsdon Jr., and Douglas R. Taylor
Accelerated Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Lineages of a Freshwater Snail
MBE Advance Access published on December 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp300
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4 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: S. N. Bennett, A. J. Drummond, D. D. Kapan, M. A. Suchard, J. L. Muñoz-Jordán, O. G. Pybus, E. C. Holmes, and D. J. Gubler
Epidemic dynamics revealed in dengue evolution
MBE Advance Access published on December 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp285
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3 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Dirk M. Walther, Martine P. Bos, Doron Rapaport, and Jan Tommassen
The mitochondrial porin, VDAC, has retained the ability to be assembled in the bacterial outer membrane
MBE Advance Access published on December 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp294
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2 December 2009

Abstract Research Article: Christopher Oldmeadow, Kerrie Mengersen, John S. Mattick, and Jonathan M. Keith
Multiple evolutionary rate classes in animal genome evolution
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp299
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Abstract Research Article: Jody Hey
The Divergence of Chimpanzee Species and Subspecies as Revealed in Multi-population Isolation-with-Migration Analyses
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp298
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Abstract Research Article: Soumita Podder and Tapash Chandra Ghosh
Exploring the Differences in Evolutionary Rates between Monogenic and Polygenic Disease Genes in Human
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp297
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Abstract Research Article: Jody Hey
Isolation with Migration Models for more than Two Populations
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp296
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Abstract Research Article: T. E. Kijima and Hideki Innan
On the estimation of the insertion time of LTR retrotransposable elements
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp295
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Abstract Research Article: Richard W. Jobson, Benoit Nabholz, and Nicolas Galtier
An evolutionary genome scan for longevity-related natural selection in mammals
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp293
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Abstract Research Paper: Silvia Ghirotto, Stefano Mona, Andrea Benazzo, Francesco Paparazzo, David Caramelli, and Guido Barbujani
Inferring Genealogical Processes from Patterns of Bronze-Age and Modern DNA variation in Sardinia
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp292
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Abstract Research Article: Jennifer J. Wernegreen, Seth N. Kauppinen, and Patrick H. Degnan
Slip into something more functional: Selection maintains ancient frameshifts in homopolymeric sequences
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp290
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Abstract Research Article: Art F. Y. Poon, Luke C. Swenson, Winnie W. Y. Dong, Wenjie Deng, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Zabrina L. Brumme, James I. Mullins, Douglas D. Richman, P. Richard Harrigan, and Simon D. W. Frost
Phylogenetic Analysis of Population-Based and Deep Sequencing Data to Identify Coevolving Sites in the nef Gene of HIV-1
MBE Advance Access published on December 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp289
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25 November 2009

Abstract Research Article
Nuno Pires and Liam Dolan
Origin and Diversification of Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins in Plants
MBE Advance Access published on November 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp288
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Abstract Research Article: Omar E. Cornejo, Lesley McGee, and Daniel E. Rozen
Polymorphic competence peptides do not restrict recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae
MBE Advance Access published on November 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp287
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Abstract Research Article: Vassilis Douris, Maximilian J. Telford, and Michalis Averof
Evidence for multiple independent origins of trans-splicing in Metazoa
MBE Advance Access published on November 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp286
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23 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Diana Cumings Outlaw and Robert E. Ricklefs
Comparative gene evolution in haemosporidian (Apicomplexa) parasites of birds and mammals
MBE Advance Access published on November 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp283
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19 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Jingjing Li, Yu Liu, Dong Dong, and Zhaolei Zhang
Evolution of an X-linked primate-specific microRNA cluster
MBE Advance Access published on November 19, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp284
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18 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Judith E. Mank, Kiwoong Nam, and Hans Ellegren
Faster-Z Evolution is Predominantly Due to Genetic Drift
MBE Advance Access published on November 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp282
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Abstract Research Article: Dean M. Castillo and Teresa E. Pawlowska
Molecular evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of fungi
MBE Advance Access published on November 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp280
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Abstract Research Article
Celeste J. Brown, Audra K. Johnson, and Gary W. Daughdrill
Comparing models of evolution for ordered and disordered proteins
MBE Advance Access published on November 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp277
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13 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Daniel J. Jackson, Carmel McDougall, Ben Woodcroft, Patrick Moase, Robert A. Rose, Michael Kube, Richard Reinhardt, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Caroline Montagnani, Caroline Joubert, David Piquemal, and Bernard M. Degnan
Parallel evolution of nacre building gene sets in molluscs
MBE Advance Access published on November 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp278
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12 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Kenji Suzuki and Shin-ya Miyagishima
Eukaryotic and Eubacterial Contributions to the Establishment of Plastid Proteome Estimated by Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses
MBE Advance Access published on November 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp273
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Abstract Research Article
Joshua L. Cherry
Highly Expressed and Slowly Evolving Proteins Share Compositional Properties with Thermophilic Proteins
MBE Advance Access originally published on November 12, 2009. This version published December 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp270
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11 November 2009

Abstract Letter: Meghan E. Chafee, Daniel J. Funk, Richard G. Harrison, and Seth R. Bordenstein
Lateral phage transfer in obligate intracellular bacteria (Wolbachia): Verification from natural populations
MBE Advance Access published on November 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp275
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Abstract Research Article
Joseph Heled and Alexei J. Drummond
Bayesian inference of species trees from multilocus data
MBE Advance Access originally published on November 11, 2009. This version published November 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp274
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Abstract Research Article: Clara Torres-Barceló, José-Antonio Daròs, and Santiago F. Elena
Compensatory molecular evolution of HC-Pro, an RNA-silencing suppressor from a plant RNA virus
MBE Advance Access published on November 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp272
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10 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Mathieu Lajoie, Denis Bertrand, and Nadia El-Mabrouk
Inferring the Evolutionary History of Gene Clusters from Phylogenetic and Gene Order Data
MBE Advance Access published on November 10, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp271
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6 November 2009

Abstract Research Article: Monkol Lek, Daniel G. MacArthur, Nan Yang, and Kathryn N. North
Phylogenetic analysis of gene structure and alternative splicing in ${alpha}$ -actinins
MBE Advance Access published on November 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp268
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Abstract Research Article: Laura J. Kelly, Andrew R. Leitch, James J. Clarkson, Robin B. Hunter, Sandra Knapp, and Mark W. Chase
Intragenic Recombination Events and Evidence for Hybrid Speciation in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)
MBE Advance Access published on November 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp267
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28 October 2009

Abstract Research Article: Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Konrad Scheffler, Michael B. Gravenor, Art F.Y. Poon, and Simon D.W. Frost
Evolutionary Fingerprinting of Genes
MBE Advance Access published on October 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp260
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25 October 2009

Abstract Research Article: Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai, Masato Nikaido, Yasushi Imamoto, and Norihiro Okada
Vertebrate Rhodopsin Adaptation to Dim Light via Rapid Meta-II Intermediate Formation
MBE Advance Access published on October 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp252
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20 October 2009

Abstract Research Article
Hua Ying, Julian Epps, Rohan Williams, and Gavin Huttley
Evidence that localised variation in primate sequence divergence arises from an influence of nucleosome placement on DNA repair
MBE Advance Access published on October 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp253
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16 October 2009

Abstract Research Article: Pär K. Ingvarsson
Natural selection on synonymous and non-synonymous mutations shape patterns of polymorphism in Populus tremula
MBE Advance Access published on October 16, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp255
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15 October 2009

Abstract Research Article: Michael DeGiorgio and James H. Degnan
Fast and consistent estimation of species trees using supermatrix rooted triples
MBE Advance Access published on October 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp250
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8 October 2009

Abstract Research Article
Von Bing Yap, Helen Lindsay, Simon Easteal, and Gavin Huttley
Estimates of the effect of natural selection on protein coding content
MBE Advance Access published on October 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp232
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6 October 2009

Abstract Research Article: Beniamino Trombetta, Fulvio Cruciani, Peter A. Underhill, Daniele Sellitto, and Rosaria Scozzari
Footprints of X-to-Y gene conversion in recent human evolution
MBE Advance Access published on October 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp231
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Abstract Research Article
Ofir Cohen and Tal Pupko
Inference and Characterization of Horizontally Transferred Gene Families using Stochastic Mapping
MBE Advance Access published on October 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp240
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