1. Rabbit mitochondrial DNA diversity from prehistoric to modern times

   • C. Hardy
   • C. Callou
   • M. Monnerot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 237

2. The expanding small heat-shock protein family, and structure predictions of the conserved “α-crystallin domain”

   • Gert-Jan Caspers
   • Jack A. M. Leunissen
   • Wilfried W. de Jong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 238 - 248

3. Recombination in AIDS viruses

   • David L. Robertson
   • Beatrice H. Hahn
   • Paul M. Sharp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 259

4. Mammalian mitochondrial DNA evolution: A comparison of the cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase II genes

   • Rodney L. Honeycutt
   • Michael A. Nedbal
   • Laura L. Janecek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 272

5. Molecular classification of living organisms

   • C. Saccone
   • C. Gissi
   • G. Pesole

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 279

6. Nonrandom frequency patterns of synonymous substitutions in homologous mammalian genes

   • Simone Cacciò
   • Serguei Zoubak
   • Giorgio Bernardi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 280 - 292

7. Specific compositional patterns of synonymous positions in homologous mammalian genes

   • Serguei Zoubak
   • Giuseppe D'Onofrio
   • Giorgio Bernardi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 307

8. Statistical analysis of vertebrate sequences reveals that long genes are scarce in GC-rich isochores

   • Laurent Duret
   • Dominique Mouchiroud
   • Christian Gautier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 308 - 317

9. Intrastrand parity rules of DNA base composition and usage biases of synonymous codons

   • Noboru Sueoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 318 - 325

10. Properties of a general model of DNA evolution under no-strand-bias conditions

    • J. R. Lobry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 326 - 330

11. Different evolutionary histories of kringle and protease domains in serine proteases: A typical example of domain evolution

    • Kazuho Ikeo
    • Kei Takahashi
    • Takashi Gojobori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 336

12. Segmented structure of protein sequences and early evolution of genome by combinatorial fusion of DNA elements

    • E. N. Trifonov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 342

13. Compositional correlations in the nuclear genes of the flatworm Schistosoma mansoni

    • Héctor Musto
    • Helena Rodríguez-Maseda
    • Fernando Alvarez

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 343 - 346

14. Third international meeting of the society for molecular biology and evolution

    • Naoyuki Takahata

    Announcement Pages: 347 - 347

15. Forthcoming papers

    Announcement Pages: CO3 - CO3