1. Biological Intuition in Alignment-Free Methods: Response to Posada

   • Mark A. Ragan
   • Cheong Xin Chan

   Letters to the Editor 23 July 2013 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Exploring the Intrinsic Limits of Nitrogenase Transfer from Bacteria to Eukaryotes

   • Gabriela Soto
   • Ana Romina Fox
   • Nicolás Daniel Ayub

   Letter to the Editor 11 August 2013 Pages: 3 - 7

   

3. Characteristics of MHC Class I Genes in House Sparrows Passer domesticus as Revealed by Long cDNA Transcripts and Amplicon Sequencing

   • Maria Karlsson
   • Helena Westerdahl

   Original Article 23 July 2013 Pages: 8 - 21

   

4. pAO1 of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and the Spread of Catabolic Traits by Horizontal Gene Transfer in Gram-Positive Soil Bacteria

   • Marius Mihasan
   • Roderich Brandsch

   Original Article 25 July 2013 Pages: 22 - 30

   

5. Hypothetical Proteins Present During Recovery Phase of Radiation Resistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans are Under Purifying Selection

   • Anubrata D. Das
   • Hari S. Misra

   Original Article 10 August 2013 Pages: 31 - 42

   

6. Evolution of Plant Mitochondrial Intron-Encoded Maturases: Frequent Lineage-Specific Loss and Recurrent Intracellular Transfer to the Nucleus

   • Wenhu Guo
   • Jeffrey P. Mower

   Original Article 25 August 2013 Pages: 43 - 54