1. Removal of Noisy Characters from Chloroplast Genome-Scale Data Suggests Revision of Phylogenetic Placements of Amborella and Ceratophyllum

   • Vadim V. Goremykin
   • Roberto Viola
   • Frank H. Hellwig

   OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 197 - 204

   

2. Positive Selection in Prion Protein

   • Marko Premzl
   • Vera Gamulin

   OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 205 - 207

3. Molecular Organization and Evolution of 5S rDNA in the Genus Merluccius and Their Phylogenetic Implications

   • Daniel Campo
   • Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino
   • Eva Garcia-Vazquez

   OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 208 - 216

   

4. Gene Conversion and Positive Selection Driving the Evolution of the Caenorhabditis ssp. ZIM/HIM-8 Protein Family

   • Qingpo Liu

   OriginalPaper 17 February 2009 Pages: 217 - 226

   

5. Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Evolution of Guanine Deaminases: From Guanine to Dendrites

   • José R. Fernández
   • Bruce Byrne
   • Bonnie L. Firestein

   OriginalPaper 17 February 2009 Pages: 227 - 235

   

6. Regulatory Evolution of a Duplicated Heterodimer Across Species and Tissues of Allopolyploid Clawed Frogs (Xenopus)

   • Dave W. Anderson
   • Ben J. Evans

   OriginalPaper 17 February 2009 Pages: 236 - 247

   

7. Low Contents of Carbon and Nitrogen in Highly Abundant Proteins: Evidence of Selection for the Economy of Atomic Composition

   • Ning Li
   • Jie Lv
   • Deng-Ke Niu

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2009 Pages: 248 - 255

   

8. Comparative Genomics of Phylogenetically Diverse Unicellular Eukaryotes Provide New Insights into the Genetic Basis for the Evolution of the Programmed Cell Death Machinery

   • Aurora M. Nedelcu

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2009 Pages: 256 - 268

   

9. The Frequent Transcriptional Readthrough of the Tobacco Tnt1 Retrotransposon and Its Possible Implications for the Control of Resistance Genes

   • Inmaculada Hernández-Pinzón
   • Erika de Jesús
   • Josep M. Casacuberta

   OriginalPaper 17 February 2009 Pages: 269 - 278

   

10. Structure and Evolution of a New Avian MHC Class II B Gene in a Sub-Antarctic Seabird, the Thin-Billed Prion (Procellariiformes: Pachyptila belcheri)

    • Mónica C. Silva
    • Scott V. Edwards

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2009 Pages: 279 - 291

    

11. Identification of a Saxitoxin Biosynthesis Gene with a History of Frequent Horizontal Gene Transfers

    • Ralf Kellmann
    • Troco Kaan Mihali
    • Brett Anthony Neilan

    Erratum 21 February 2009 Pages: 292 - 292