Optimization Models and the Structure of the Genetic Code J. L. JestinA. Kempf OriginalPaper 20 October 2009 Pages: 452 - 457
Distinct Evolutionary Patterns Between Two Duplicated Color Vision Genes Within Cyprinid Fishes Zhiqiang LiXiaoni GanShunping He OriginalPaper 17 October 2009 Pages: 346 - 359
Characterization of a Novel Tc1-Like Transposon From Bream (Cyprinidae, Megalobrama) and Its Genetic Variation in the Polyploidy Progeny of Bream–Red Crucian Carp Crosses Dong LiuCuiping YouYun Liu OriginalPaper 14 October 2009 Pages: 395 - 403
Disrupted tRNA Gene Diversity and Possible Evolutionary Scenarios Junichi SugaharaKosuke FujishimaAkio Kanai OriginalPaper 14 October 2009 Pages: 497 - 504
Molecular Evolution of the mtDNA Encoded rps3 Gene Among Filamentous Ascomycetes Fungi with an Emphasis on the Ophiostomatoid Fungi Jyothi SethuramanAnna MajerGeorg Hausner OriginalPaper 14 October 2009 Pages: 372 - 385
The Origin of Life: Chemical Evolution of a Metabolic System in a Mineral Honeycomb? Sergio BranciamoreEnzo GalloriTamás Czárán OriginalPaper 06 October 2009 Pages: 458 - 469
RNA–Amino Acid Binding: A Stereochemical Era for the Genetic Code Michael YarusJeremy Joseph WidmannRob Knight OriginalPaper Open access 01 October 2009 Pages: 406 - 429
Mutations and Lethality in Simulated Prebiotic Networks Aron IngerAriel SolomonDoron Lancet OriginalPaper 29 September 2009 Pages: 568 - 578
Using Non-Homogeneous Models of Nucleotide Substitution to Identify Host Shift Events: Application to the Origin of the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Influenza Pandemic Virus Mario dos ReisAlan J. HayRichard A. Goldstein OriginalPaper Open access 29 September 2009 Pages: 333 - 345
The Conflict Between Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Safeguard of Identity: Origin of Meiotic Sexuality Nicolas GlansdorffYing XuBernard Labedan OriginalPaper 26 September 2009 Pages: 470 - 480
Origin of Self-Replicating Biopolymers: Autocatalytic Feedback Can Jump-Start the RNA World Meng WuPaul G. Higgs OriginalPaper 24 September 2009 Pages: 541 - 554
An Overview of the Introns-First Theory David PennyMarc P. HoeppnerDaniel C. Jeffares OriginalPaper 24 September 2009 Pages: 527 - 540
The Complete Chloroplast Genome of Coix lacryma-jobi and a Comparative Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Plastomes in Cereals Charles H. LesebergMelvin R. Duvall OriginalPaper 24 September 2009 Pages: 311 - 318
Formal Proof that the Split Genes of tRNAs of Nanoarchaeum equitans Are an Ancestral Character Massimo Di Giulio OriginalPaper 17 September 2009 Pages: 505 - 511
Phylogenetic Analysis of the NEEP21/Calcyon/P19 Family of Endocytic Proteins: Evidence for Functional Evolution in the Vertebrate CNS Nagendran MuthusamySanaa A. AhmedClare Bergson OriginalPaper 17 September 2009 Pages: 319 - 332
The Repertoire and Evolution of ATP-Binding Cassette Systems in Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus Lijing BuJian XiaoJinyu Wu OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 300 - 310
Evolutionary History of d-Lactate Dehydrogenases: A Phylogenomic Perspective on Functional Diversity in the FAD Binding Oxidoreductase/Transferase Type 4 Family Melania E. CristescuEmmanuel E. Egbosimba OriginalPaper 29 August 2009 Pages: 276 - 287
Sequence Polymorphism and Evolution of Three Cetacean MHC Genes Shi Xia XuWen Hua RenGuang Yang OriginalPaper 20 August 2009 Pages: 260 - 275
Unravelling cis-Regulatory Elements in the Genome of the Smallest Photosynthetic Eukaryote: Phylogenetic Footprinting in Ostreococcus Gwenael PiganeauKlaas VandepoeleHervé Moreau OriginalPaper 20 August 2009 Pages: 249 - 259
The Genetics of Adaptation for Eight Microvirid Bacteriophages Darin R. RokytaZaid AbdoHolly A. Wichman OriginalPaper Open access 20 August 2009 Pages: 229 - 239
A Possible Role of Intracellular Isoelectric Focusing in the Evolution of Eukaryotic Cells and Multicellular Organisms Jaroslav Flegr OriginalPaper Open access 18 August 2009 Pages: 444 - 451
Rapid Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeat Induced by Allopolyploidization Zongxiang TangShulan FuYuting Zou OriginalPaper 18 August 2009 Pages: 217 - 228
The Evolutionary History of Lysine Biosynthesis Pathways Within Eukaryotes Guifré TorruellaHiroshi SugaIñaki Ruiz-Trillo OriginalPaper 11 August 2009 Pages: 240 - 248
Contrasting Patterns of Sequence Evolution at the Functionally Redundant bric à brac Paralogs in Drosophila melanogaster Ryan D. BickelWendy S. SchackwitzArtyom Kopp OriginalPaper Open access 29 July 2009 Pages: 194 - 202
Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases: Dynamic History of Protein Family Evolution Zuzana SwigoňováAl-Walid MohsenJerry Vockley OriginalPaper 29 July 2009 Pages: 176 - 193
The Evolutionary History of the Structure of 5S Ribosomal RNA Feng-Jie SunGustavo Caetano-Anollés OriginalPaper 29 July 2009 Pages: 430 - 443
Adaptive Evolution Involving Gene Duplication and Insertion of a Novel Ty1/copia-Like Retrotransposon in Soybean Akira KanazawaBaohui LiuJun Abe OriginalPaper 23 July 2009 Pages: 164 - 175
Evolutionary Diversification Indicated by Compensatory Base Changes in ITS2 Secondary Structures in a Complex Fungal Species, Rhizoctonia solani Paavo AhvenniemiMatthias WolfJari P. T. Valkonen OriginalPaper 16 July 2009 Pages: 150 - 163
Fusion and Retrotransposition Events in the Evolution of the Sea Anemone Anemonia viridis Neurotoxin Genes Yehu MoranHagar WeinbergerMichael Gurevitz OriginalPaper 16 July 2009 Pages: 115 - 124
Length Variation in 18S rRNA Expansion Segment 43/e4 of Daphnia obtusa: Ancient or Recurring Polymorphism? Seanna J. McTaggartTeresa J. Crease OriginalPaper 07 July 2009 Pages: 142 - 149
Genome Desertification in Eutherians: Can Gene Deserts Explain the Uneven Distribution of Genes in Placental Mammalian Genomes? Walter SalzburgerDirk SteinkeAxel Meyer OriginalPaper Open access 01 July 2009 Pages: 207 - 216
Oxygen and Guanine–Cytosine Profiles in Marine Environments Héctor RomeroEmiliano PereiraHéctor Musto Letter to the Editor Open access 25 June 2009 Pages: 203 - 206
Aplysia cys-loop Glutamate-Gated Chloride Channels Reveal Convergent Evolution of Ligand Specificity JacSue KehoeSvetlana BuldakovaJonathan Bradley OriginalPaper 25 June 2009 Pages: 125 - 141
Evolutionary Dynamics of Recently Duplicated Genes: Selective Constraints on Diverging Paralogs in the Drosophila pseudoobscura Genome Richard P. Meisel OriginalPaper 18 June 2009 Pages: 81 - 93
Birth and Death of Genes and Functions in the β-Esterase Cluster of Drosophila Charles RobinLisa M. J. BardsleyJohn G. Oakeshott OriginalPaper Open access 18 June 2009 Pages: 10 - 21
Comparative Genomics of Drosophila mtDNA: Novel Features of Conservation and Change Across Functional Domains and Lineages Kristi L. MontoothDawn N. AbtDavid M. Rand OriginalPaper 16 June 2009 Pages: 94 - 114
Widespread Gene Conversion of Alpha-2-Fucosyltransferase Genes in Mammals Joana AbrantesDavid PosadaJacques Le Pendu OriginalPaper Open access 16 June 2009 Pages: 22 - 31
RBR Ubiquitin Ligases: Diversification and Streamlining in Animal Lineages Ignacio Marín OriginalPaper 13 June 2009 Pages: 54 - 64
Phylogeny of Banana Streak Virus Reveals Recent and Repetitive Endogenization in the Genome of Its Banana Host (Musa sp.) Philippe GayralMarie-Line Iskra-Caruana OriginalPaper 11 June 2009 Pages: 65 - 80
Estimation of Fine-Scale Recombination Intensity Variation in the white–echinus Interval of D. melanogaster Nadia D. SinghCharles F. AquadroAndrew G. Clark OriginalPaper 06 June 2009 Pages: 42 - 53
RNase-Based Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility Evolution: Questioning the Hypothesis of Multiple Independent Recruitments of the S-Pollen Gene Jorge VieiraNuno A. FonsecaCristina P. Vieira OriginalPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 32 - 41
The Evolution of Guanylyl Cyclases as Multidomain Proteins: Conserved Features of Kinase-Cyclase Domain Fusions Kabir Hassan BiswasAvinash R. ShenoySandhya S. Visweswariah OriginalPaper 03 June 2009 Pages: 587 - 602
A Comparison Among the Models Proposed to Explain the Origin of the tRNA Molecule: A Synthesis Massimo Di Giulio OriginalPaper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1 - 9
Evolution of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Mammalian Gene Regulatory Regions: Handling Counterintuitive Results James E. BalmerRune Blomhoff OriginalPaper 29 May 2009 Pages: 654 - 664
On the Brink of Holoparasitism: Plastome Evolution in Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae) Daniel L. NickrentMiguel A. García OriginalPaper 29 May 2009 Pages: 603 - 615
The Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Hornwort Megaceros aenigmaticus Shows a Mixed Mode of Conservative Yet Dynamic Evolution in Early Land Plant Mitochondrial Genomes Libo LiBin WangYin-Long Qiu OriginalPaper 28 May 2009 Pages: 665 - 678
A Comparative Approach Shows Differences in Patterns of Numt Insertion During Hominoid Evolution M. I. Jensen-SeamanJ. H. WildschutteN. M. Anthony OriginalPaper 27 May 2009 Pages: 688 - 699
Gene Conversion Among Paralogs Results in Moderate False Detection of Positive Selection Using Likelihood Methods Claudio CasolaMatthew W. Hahn OriginalPaper 27 May 2009 Pages: 679 - 687
In Silico Prediction of Two Classes of Honeybee Genes with CpG Deficiency or CpG Enrichment and Sorting According to Gene Ontology Classes Yong WangFrederick C. C. Leung OriginalPaper 23 May 2009 Pages: 700 - 705
Polymorphism of Alternative Splicing of Major Histocompatibility Complex Transcripts in Wild Tiger Salamanders Zafer BulutCory R. McCormickJ. Andrew DeWoody Erratum 21 May 2009 Pages: 584 - 585