Molecular Biology and Evolution

Letters:

Matthew Spencer, Edward Susko, and Andrew J. Roger

Likelihood, Parsimony, and Heterogeneous Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1161-1164; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Articles:

Sean D. Taylor, Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz, Megan L. Porter, and Michael F. Whiting

Characterization of the Long-Wavelength Opsin from Mecoptera and Siphonaptera: Does a Flea See?
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1165-1174; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Gayle K. Philip, Christopher J. Creevey, and James O. McInerney

The Opisthokonta and the Ecdysozoa May Not Be Clades: Stronger Support for the Grouping of Plant and Animal than for Animal and Fungi and Stronger Support for the Coelomata than Ecdysozoa
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1175-1184; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Drummond, A. Rambaut, B. Shapiro, and O. G. Pybus

Bayesian Coalescent Inference of Past Population Dynamics from Molecular Sequences
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1185-1192; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ben J. Evans, Darcy B. Kelley, Don J. Melnick, and David C. Cannatella

Evolution of RAG-1 in Polyploid Clawed Frogs
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1193-1207; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond and Simon D. W. Frost

Not So Different After All: A Comparison of Methods for Detecting Amino Acid Sites Under Selection
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1208-1222; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Soojin Yi and Wen-Hsiung Li

Molecular Evolution of Recombination Hotspots and Highly Recombining Pseudoautosomal Regions in Hominoids
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1223-1230; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Dennis V. Lavrov, Lise Forget, Michelle Kelly, and B. Franz Lang

Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Demosponges Provide Insights into An Early Stage of Animal Evolution
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1231-1239; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Ingo Ebersberger and Matthias Meyer

A Genomic Region Evolving Toward Different GC Contents in Humans and Chimpanzees Indicates a Recent and Regionally Limited Shift in the Mutation Pattern
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1240-1245; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hervé Philippe, Nicolas Lartillot, and Henner Brinkmann

Multigene Analyses of Bilaterian Animals Corroborate the Monophyly of Ecdysozoa, Lophotrochozoa, and Protostomia
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1246-1253; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Götz Froeschke and Simone Sommer

MHC Class II DRB Variability and Parasite Load in the Striped Mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the Southern Kalahari
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1254-1259; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Netta Cohen, Tal Dagan, Lewi Stone, and Dan Graur

GC Composition of the Human Genome: In Search of Isochores
MBE Advance Access published on February 23, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1260-1272; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Angus Davison and Mark Blaxter

Ancient Origin of Glycosyl Hydrolase Family 9 Cellulase Genes
MBE Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1273-1284; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Robert Friedman and Austin L. Hughes

The Pattern of Nucleotide Difference at Individual Codons Among Mouse, Rat, and Human
MBE Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1285-1289; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan C. Opazo, R. Eduardo Palma, Francisco Melo, and Enrique P. Lessa

Adaptive Evolution of the Insulin Gene in Caviomorph Rodents
MBE Advance Access published on February 23, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1290-1298; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Hwan Su Yoon, Jeremiah D. Hackett, Frances M. Van Dolah, Tetyana Nosenko, Kristy L. Lidie, and Debashish Bhattacharya

Tertiary Endosymbiosis Driven Genome Evolution in Dinoflagellate Algae
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1299-1308; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Seanna J. McTaggart and Teresa J. Crease

Selection on the Structural Stability of a Ribosomal RNA Expansion Segment in Daphnia obtusa
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1309-1319; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi119 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Austin L. Hughes and Robert Friedman

Variation in the Pattern of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Difference Between Two Fungal Genomes
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1320-1324; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Carolin Frank, Cecilia M. Alsmark, Mikael Thollesson, and Siv G. E. Andersson

Functional Divergence and Horizontal Transfer of Type IV Secretion Systems
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1325-1336; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Antonis Rokas and Sean B. Carroll

More Genes or More Taxa? The Relative Contribution of Gene Number and Taxon Number to Phylogenetic Accuracy
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1337-1344; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi121 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  [Request Permissions]  

Bernardo Lemos, Brian R. Bettencourt, Colin D. Meiklejohn, and Daniel L. Hartl

Evolution of Proteins and Gene Expression Levels are Coupled in Drosophila and are Independently Associated with mRNA Abundance, Protein Length, and Number of Protein-Protein Interactions
MBE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1345-1354; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Y. W. Ho, Matthew J. Phillips, Alexei J. Drummond, and Alan Cooper

Accuracy of Rate Estimation Using Relaxed-Clock Models with a Critical Focus on the Early Metazoan Radiation
MBE Advance Access published on March 9, 2005
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1355-1363; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Erratum
Mol Biol Evol 2005 22: 1364; doi:10.1093/molbev/msi143 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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