Molecular Biology and Evolution

Original Articles:

Andrew J. Holyoake and Margaret G. Kidwell

Vege and Mar: Two Novel hAT MITE Families from Drosophila willistoni
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 163-167; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Todd J. Barkman

Evidence for Positive Selection on the Floral Scent Gene Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 168-172; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Doris Bachtrog

Accumulation of Spock and Worf, Two Novel Non-LTR Retrotransposons, on the Neo-Y Chromosome of Drosophila miranda
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 173-181; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Sonja Meyer and Arndt von Haeseler

Identifying Site-Specific Substitution Rates
MBE Advance Access published on February 7, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 182-189; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Danielle Nouaud, Hadi Quesneville, and Dominique Anxolabéhère

Recurrent Exon Shuffling Between Distant P-Element Families
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 190-199; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cynthia Riginos and John H. McDonald

Positive Selection on an Acrosomal Sperm Protein, M7 Lysin, in Three Species of the Mussel Genus Mytilus
MBE Advance Access published on February 7, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 200-207; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Wakeley and Tsuyoshi Takahashi

Gene Genealogies When the Sample Size Exceeds the Effective Size of the Population
MBE Advance Access published on February 7, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 208-213; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yong-Gang Yao, Qing-Peng Kong, Xiao-Yong Man, Hans-Jürgen Bandelt, and Ya-Ping Zhang

Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of China: A Caveat About Inferences Drawn from Ancient DNA
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 214-219; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. S. Zigler and H. A. Lessios

Evolution of Bindin in the Pantropical Sea Urchin Tripneustes: Comparisons to Bindin of Other Genera
MBE Advance Access published on February 7, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 220-231; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joshua M. Akey, Kun Zhang, Momiao Xiong, and Li Jin

The Effect of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Identification Strategies on Estimates of Linkage Disequilibrium
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 232-242; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Kvist, Jochen Martens, Alexander A. Nazarenko, and Markku Orell

Paternal Leakage of Mitochondrial DNA in the Great Tit (Parus major)
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 243-247; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe J. Douady, Frédéric Delsuc, Yan Boucher, W. Ford Doolittle, and Emmanuel J. P. Douzery

Comparison of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Bootstrap Measures of Phylogenetic Reliability
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 248-254; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael E. Alfaro, Stefan Zoller, and François Lutzoni

Bayes or Bootstrap? A Simulation Study Comparing the Performance of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling and Bootstrapping in Assessing Phylogenetic Confidence
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 255-266; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Kaoru Fukami-Kobayashi, Yoshio Tateno, and Ken Nishikawa

Parallel Evolution of Ligand Specificity Between LacI/GalR Family Repressors and Periplasmic Sugar-Binding Proteins
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 267-277; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Matthew T. Webster, Nick G. C. Smith, and Hans Ellegren

Compositional Evolution of Noncoding DNA in the Human and Chimpanzee Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on February 7, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 278-286; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naoko Takezaki, Felipe Figueroa, Zofia Zaleska-Rutczynska, and Jan Klein

Molecular Phylogeny of Early Vertebrates: Monophyly of the Agnathans as Revealed by Sequences of 35 Genes
MBE Advance Access published on February 4, 2003
Mol Biol Evol 2003 20: 287-292; doi:10.1093/molbev/msg040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

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