1. Random Walking

   • Thomas H. Jukes

   BriefCommunication Pages: 103 - 104

2. The role of chirality in the origin of life

   • Abdus Salam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 113

3. An evolutionary model for maximum likelihood alignment of DNA sequences

   • Jeffrey L. Thorne
   • Hirohisa Kishino
   • Joseph Felsenstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 114 - 124

4. Counterselection of GATC sequences in enterobacteriophages by the components of the methyl-directed mismatch repair system

   • Patrick Deschavanne
   • Miroslav Radman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

5. Evolution and sequence analysis of a human Y-chromosomal DNA fragment

   • E. C. Whisenant
   • B. K. A. Rasheed
   • Y. M. Bhatnagar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 141

6. Phylogenetic depth ofThermotoga maritima inferred from analysis of thefus gene: Amino acid sequence of elongation factor G and organization of theThermotoga str operon

   • Orsola Tiboni
   • Rita Cantoni
   • Anna Maria Sanangelantoni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 142 - 151

7. Cloning and characterization ofDaphnia mitochondrial DNA

   • D. J. Stanton
   • T. J. Crease
   • P. D. N. Hebert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 152 - 155

8. Mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence in theMelanogaster and oriental species subgroups ofDrosophila

   • Loredana Nigro
   • Michel Solignac
   • Paul M. Sharp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 156 - 162

9. Phylogenetic relationships within the class Oligohymenophorea, phylum Cilophora, inferred from the complete small subunit rRNA gene sequences ofColpidium campylum, Glaucoma chattoni, andOpisthonecta henneguyi

   • Spencer J. Greenwood
   • Mitchell L. Sogin
   • Denis H. Lynn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 174

10. Structure and evolution of 5S rRNA genes and pseudogenes in the genusAspergillus

    • M. Gniadkowski
    • J. Fiett
    • E. Bartnik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 178

11. Evolutionary relationships among the permease proteins of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate: Sugar phosphotransferase system. Construction of phylogenetic trees and possible relatedness to proteins of eukaryotic mitochondria

    • Aiala Reizer
    • Gerald M. Pao
    • Milton H. Saier Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 193

12. Drosophila fat body protein P6 and alcohol dehydrogenase are derived from a common ancestral protein

    • Luce Rat
    • Michel Veuille
    • Jean-Antoine Lepesant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 194 - 203

13. Structure and molecular evolutionary analysis of a plant cytochrome c gene: Surprising implications forArabidopsis thaliana

    • E. C. Kemmerer
    • M. Lei
    • R. Wu

    Erratum Pages: 204 - 204