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3 July 2009

Research Article
Dong-Dong Wu, Guo-Dong Wang, David M Irwin, and Ya-Ping Zhang
A profound role for the expansion of trypsin-like serine protease family in the evolution of hematophagy in mosquito
MBE Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp139
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Research Article
Monique Turmel, Christian Otis, and Claude Lemieux
The Chloroplast Genomes of the Green Algae Pedinomonas minor, Parachlorella kessleri and Oocystis solitaria Reveal a Shared Ancestry between the Pedinomonadales and Chlorellales
MBE Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp138
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Research Article
Andrés Moreno-Estrada, Kun Tang, Martin Sikora, Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, Ferran Casals, Arcadi Navarro, Francesc Calafell, Jaume Bertranpetit, Mark Stoneking, and Elena Bosch
Interrogating eleven fast-evolving genes for signatures of recent positive selection in worldwide human populations
MBE Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp134
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Letter
Einat Hazkani-Covo
Mitochondrial insertions into primate nuclear genomes suggest the use of numts as a tool for phylogeny
MBE Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp131
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Research Article
Hongyan Shan, Laura Zahn, Stephane Guindon, P. Kerr Wall, Hongzhi Kong, Hong Ma, Claude W. de Pamphilis, and Jim Leebens-Mack
Evolution of Plant MADS Box Transcription Factors: Evidence for Shifts in Selection Associated with Early Angiosperm Diversification and Concerted Gene Duplications
MBE Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp129
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1 July 2009

Research Article
Silvia Guimaraes, Silvia Ghirotto, Andrea Benazzo, Lucio Milani, Martina Lari, Elena Pilli, Elena Pecchioli, Francesco Mallegni, Barbara Lippi, Francesca Bertoldi, Sauro Gelichi, Antonella Casoli, Elise M. S. Belle, David Caramelli, and Guido Barbujani
Genealogical discontinuities among Etruscan, Medieval and contemporary Tuscans
MBE Advance Access published on July 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp126
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30 June 2009

Research Article
Miklós Csurös and István Miklós
Streamlining and large ancestral genomes in Archaea inferred with a phylogenetic birth-and-death model
MBE Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp123
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Letter
Otto X. Cordero and Paulien Hogeweg
The consequences of base pair composition biases for regulatory network organization in prokaryotes
MBE Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp132
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Research Article
Hajime Ikeda, Noriyuki Fujii, and Hiroaki Setoguchi
Application of the isolation with migration model demonstrates the Pleistocene origin of geographic differentiation in Cardamine nipponica (Brassicaceae), an endemic Japanese alpine plant
MBE Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp128
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29 June 2009

Research Article
Shuhua Xu, Wenfei Jin, and Li Jin
Haplotype Sharing Analysis Showing Uyghurs Are Unlikely Genetic Donors
MBE Advance Access published on June 29, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp130
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26 June 2009

Letter
Antonio Marco and Ignacio Marín
CGIN1: a retroviral contribution to mammalian genomes
MBE Advance Access published on June 26, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp127
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Research Article
Laura B. Geyer and H. A. Lessios
Lack of Character Displacement in the Male Recognition Molecule, Bindin, in Altantic Sea Urchins of the Genus Echinometra
MBE Advance Access published on June 26, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp122
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25 June 2009

Research Article
Sujay Chattopadhyay, Rohinee N. Paranjpye, Daniel E. Dykhuizen, Evgeni V. Sokurenko, and Mark S. Strom
Comparative evolutionary analysis of the major structural subunit of Vibrio vulnificus type IV pili
MBE Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp124
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24 June 2009

Research Article
Marie Fablet, Manuel Bueno, Lukasz Potrzebowski, and Henrik Kaessmann
Evolutionary origin and functions of retrogene introns
MBE Advance Access published on June 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp125
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22 June 2009

Research Article
Erin S. Kelleher and James E. Pennington
Protease Gene Duplication and Proteolytic Activity in Drosophila Female Reproductive Tracts
MBE Advance Access published on June 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp121
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19 June 2009

Research Article
Carole Smadja, Peng Shi, Roger K. Butlin, and Hugh M. Robertson
Large gene family expansions and adaptive evolution for odorant and gustatory receptors in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum
MBE Advance Access published on June 19, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp116
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18 June 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp095
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17 June 2009

Research Article
Sergio Tofanelli, Stefania Bertoncini, Loredana Castrì, Donata Luiselli, Francesc Calafell, Giuseppe Donati, and Giorgio Paoli
On the origins and admixture of Malagasy: new evidence from high resolution analyses of paternal and maternal lineages
MBE Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp120
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Research Article
Adam Eyre-Walker and Peter D. Keightley
Estimating the rate of adaptive molecular evolution in the presence of slightly deleterious mutations and population size change
MBE Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp119
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Research Article
O. Ramírez, A. Ojeda, A. Tomàs, D. Gallardo, L. S. Huang, J. M. Folch, A. Clop, A. Sánchez, B. Badaoui, O. Hanotte, O. Galman-Omitogun, S. M. Makuza, H. Soto, J. Cadillo, L. Kelly, I. C. Cho, S. Yeghoyan, M. Pérez-Enciso, and M. Amills
INTEGRATING Y-CHROMOSOME, MITOCHONDRIAL AND AUTOSOMAL DATA TO ANALYSE THE ORIGIN OF PIG BREEDS
MBE Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp118
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16 June 2009

Research Article
Michael J. Dagley, Pavel Dolezal, Vladimir A. Likic, Ondrej Smid, Anthony W. Purcell, Susan K. Buchanan, Jan Tachezy, and Trevor Lithgow
The protein import channel in the outer mitosomal membrane of Giardia intestinalis
MBE Advance Access published on June 16, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp117
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9 June 2009

Research Article
Anthony J. Baines, Paola A Bignone, Mikayala D. A. King, Alison M. Maggs, Pauline M. Bennett, Jennifer C. Pinder, and Gareth W. Phillips
The CKK domain (DUF1781) domain binds microtubules and defines the CAMSAP/ssp4 family of animal proteins
MBE Advance Access published on June 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp115
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8 June 2009

Research Article
Alejandro Zamora, Qi Sun, Martha T. Hamblin, Charles F. Aquadro, and Stephen Kresovich
Positively selected disease response orthologous gene sets in the cereals identified using Sorghum bicolor L. Moench expression profiles and comparative genomics
MBE Advance Access published on June 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp114
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Research Article
Jenny Tung, Olivier Fédrigo, Ralph Haygood, Sayan Mukherjee, and Gregory A. Wray
Genomic features that predict allelic imbalance in humans suggest patterns of constraint on gene expression variation
MBE Advance Access published on June 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp113
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3 June 2009

Research Article
Thomas E. Keller, Ian J. Molineux, and James J. Bull
Viral resistance evolution fully escapes a rationally-designed lethal inhibitor
MBE Advance Access published on June 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp111
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2 June 2009

Research Article
Peter F. Stadler, Julian J.-L. Chen, Jörg Hackermüller, Steve Hoffmann, Friedemann Horn, Phillip Khaitovich, Antje K. Kretzschmar, Axel Mosig, Sonja J. Prohaska, Xiaodong Qi, Katharina Schutt, and Kerstin Ullmann
Evolution of Vault RNAs
MBE Advance Access published on June 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp112
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1 June 2009

Research Article
Sergi Castellano, Aida M. Andrés, Elena Bosch, Mònica Bayes, Roderic Guigó, and Andrew G. Clark
Low exchangeability of selenocysteine, the 21st amino acid, in vertebrate proteins
MBE Advance Access published on June 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp109
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Research Article
Anna Ferrer-Admetlla, Martin Sikora, Hafid Laayouni, Anna Esteve, Francis Roubinet, Antoine Blancher, Francesc Calafell, Jaume Bertranpetit, and Ferran Casals
A natural history of FUT2 polymorphism in humans
MBE Advance Access published on June 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp108
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21 May 2009

Research Article
Eric Durand, Flora Jay, Oscar E. Gaggiotti, and Olivier François
Spatial inference of admixture proportions and secondary contact zones
MBE Advance Access published on May 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp106
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp103
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20 May 2009

Research Article
Josefa González, J. Michael Macpherson, and Dmitri A. Petrov
A recent adaptive transposable element insertion near highly conserved developmental loci in Drosophila melanogaster
MBE Advance Access published on May 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp107
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14 May 2009

Research Article
Mayo Roettger, William Martin, and Tal Dagan
A machine-learning approach reveals that alignment properties alone can accurately predict inference of lateral gene transfer from discordant phylogenies
MBE Advance Access published on May 14, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp105
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp104
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Research Article
Eran Elhaik, Giddy Landan, and Dan Graur
Can GC content at third-codon positions be used as proxy for isochore composition?
MBE Advance Access published on May 14, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp100
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12 May 2009

Research Article
Matthew Spencer and Ajanthah Sangaralingam
A phylogenetic mixture model for gene family loss in parasitic bacteria
MBE Advance Access published on May 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp102
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8 May 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp101
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Research Article
Jeroen R. P. M. Strating, Nick N. 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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp099
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7 May 2009

Research Article
William Fletcher and Ziheng Yang
INDELible: A Flexible Simulator of Biological Sequence Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on May 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp098
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6 May 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp096
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp094
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp090
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4 May 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp097
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Letter
Richard Cordaux
Gene conversion maintains non-functional transposable elements in an obligate mutualistic endosymbiont
MBE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp093
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp092
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30 April 2009

Research Article
Naoko Takezaki and Masatoshi Nei
Genomic drift and evolution of microsatellite DNAs in human populations
MBE Advance Access published on April 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp091
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27 April 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp089
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Research Article
Sara Guirao-Rico and Montserrat Aguadé
Positive selection has driven the evolution of the Drosophila Insulin-like Receptor (InR) at different time scales
MBE Advance Access published on April 27, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp088
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24 April 2009

Research Article
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 on gametophyte chromatid segregation
MBE Advance Access published on April 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp082
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22 April 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp087
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Research article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp086
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp084
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp083
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20 April 2009

Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp081
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Research Article
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.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp080
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17 April 2009

Research Article
Franziska Hempel, Lars Bullmann, Julia Lau, Stefan Zauner, and Uwe G. Maier
ERAD-derived Pre-Protein Transport across the 2nd Outermost Plastid Membrane of Diatoms
MBE Advance Access published on April 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/molbev/msp079
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