Journal of Molecular Evolution - 2023 Zuckerkandl Prize for the Top Paper of the Year!

The Zuckerkandl award winner for 2023 is:

Worthan et al.
Case Studies in the Assessment of Microbial Fitness: Seemingly Subtle Changes Can Have Major Effects on Phenotypic Outcomes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-022-10087-9 (this opens in a new tab)

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Past Zuckerkandl Prize winners:

2022
Ritchie et al.
Diversification Rate is Associated with Rate of Molecular Evolution in Ray-Finned Fish (Actinopterygii)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-022-10052-6 (this opens in a new tab)
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2021
Herrboldt et al.
Pheromone Gene Diversification and the Evolution of Courtship Glands in Plethodontid Salamanders
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-021-10026-0 (this opens in a new tab)
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2020
Takagi et al.
The Coevolution of Cellularity and Metabolism Following the Origin of Life
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-020-09961-1 (this opens in a new tab)

2019
Plebanek et al.
Big on Change, Small on Innovation: Evolutionary Consequences of RNA Sequence Duplication https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-019-09906-3 (this opens in a new tab)

2003
Bryan Grieg Fry
Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny of Elapid Snake Venom Three-Finger Toxins
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00239-003-2461-2 (this opens in a new tab)
Isolation of a Neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a Nonvenomous Colubrid: Evidence for Early Origin of Venom in Snakes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00239-003-2497-3 (this opens in a new tab) 

2002
Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
Evolved RNA Secondary Structure and the Rooting of the Universal Tree of Life
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-001-0048-3 (this opens in a new tab)

2001
Akiko Kashiwagi et al.
Plasticity of Fitness and Diversification Process During an Experimental Molecular Evolution
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002390010180  (this opens in a new tab)