1. Evidence for Recombination in the Microcystin Synthetase (mcy) Genes ofToxic Cyanobacteria Microcystis spp

   • Yuuhiko Tanabe
   • Kunimitsu Kaya
   • Makoto M. Watanabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 641

   

2. Linkage of the β-Like ω-Globin Gene to α-Like Globin Genes in an Australian Marsupial Supports the Chromosome Duplication Model for Separation of Globin Gene Clusters

   • David Wheeler
   • Rory M. Hope
   • Robert A. B. Holland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 642 - 652

   

3. The Decline of Isochores in Mammals: An Assessment of the GC ContentVariation Along the Mammalian Phylogeny

   • Elise M. S. Belle
   • Laurent Duret
   • Adam Eyre-Walker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 660

   

4. Bayesian Estimation of Positively Selected Sites

   • John P. Huelsenbeck
   • Kelly A. Dyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 661 - 672

5. All Roads Lead to Arginine: The Squid Protamine Gene

   • John D. Lewis
   • Miriam E. de Jong
   • Juan Ausió

   OriginalPaper Pages: 673 - 680

   

6. The Robustness of Naturally and Artificially Selected Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures

   • Lauren Ancel Meyers
   • Jennifer F. Lee
   • Andrew D. Ellington

   OriginalPaper Pages: 681 - 691

   

7. Cytosine Methylation Is Not the Major Factor Inducing CpG Dinucleotide Deficiency in Bacterial Genomes

   • Yong Wang
   • Eduardo P.C. Rocha
   • Antoine Danchin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 692 - 700

   

8. Evolution of Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting in the TERT Genesof Euplotes

   • Matthias Möllenbeck
   • Michael C. Gavin
   • Lawrence A. Klobutcher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 701 - 711

   

9. Presequence Acquisition During Secondary Endocytobiosis and thePossible Role of Introns

   • Oliver Kilian
   • Peter G. Kroth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 712 - 721

   

10. Comparative Analysis of Alu Insertion Sequences in the APP 5′ FlankingRegion in Humans and Other Primates

    • Jordi Clarimón
    • Aida M. Andrés
    • David Comas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 722 - 731

    

11. Molecular Basis of the Size Polymorphism of the First Intron of theAdh-1 Gene of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata

    • Ludvik M. Gomulski
    • Saverio Brogna
    • Kostas Bourtzis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 732 - 742

    

12. Episodic Molecular Evolution of Pituitary Growth Hormone in Cetartiodactyla

    • Zoitsa Maniou
    • O. Caryl Wallis
    • Michael Wallis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 753

    

13. Genetic Divergence in the cacophony IVS6 Intron Among Five BrazilianPopulations of Lutzomyia longipalpis

    • M. Bottecchia
    • S. G. Oliveira
    • A. A. Peixoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 754 - 761