1. Horizontal Transfer of Two Operons Coding for Hydrogenases Between Bacteria and Archaea

   • Alexandra Calteau
   • Manolo Gouy
   • Guy Perrière

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 565

   

2. Adaptive Diversification of Vomeronasal Receptor 1 Genes in Rodents

   • Peng Shi
   • Joseph P. Bielawski
   • Ya-ping Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 576

   

3. Explosive Lineage-Specific Expansion of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor HNF4 in Nematodes

   • Marc Robinson-Rechavi
   • Claude V. Maina
   • Ann Sluder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 586

   

4. Sequence Variation in the tRNA Genes of Human Mitochondrial DNA

   • Tiina Vilmi
   • Jukka S. Moilanen
   • Kari Majamaa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 587 - 597

   

5. Different Epidemic Potentials of the HIV-1B and C Subtypes

   • Marco Salemi
   • Tulio de Oliveira
   • Walter M. Fitch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 598 - 605

   

6. Molecular Evolution of Prolactin in Primates

   • O. Caryl Wallis
   • Akofa O. Mac-Kwashie
   • Michael Wallis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 606 - 614

   

7. Structure, Evolution, and Expression of the Two Invertase Gene Families of Rice

   • Xuemei Ji
   • Wim Van den Ende
   • John Bennett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 634

   

8. Grass Evolution Inferred from Chromosomal Rearrangements and Geometrical and Statistical Features in RNA Structure

   • Gustavo Caetano-Anollés

   OriginalPaper Pages: 635 - 652

   

9. The α-Globin Gene Family of an Australian Marsupial, Macropus eugenii: The Long Evolutionary History of the θ-Globin Gene and Its Functional Status in Mammals

   • Steven J.B. Cooper
   • David Wheeler
   • Robert A.B. Holland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 664

   

10. Molecular Evolution of Duplicated Ray Finned Fish HoxA Clusters: Increased Synonymous Substitution Rate and Asymmetrical Co-divergence of Coding and Non-coding Sequences

    • Günter P. Wagner
    • Kazuhiko Takahashi
    • Chris Amemiya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 665 - 676

    

11. BoS: A Large and Diverse Family of Short Interspersed Elements (SINEs) in Brassica oleracea

    • Xiaoyu Zhang
    • Susan R. Wessler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 677 - 687

    

12. On the Structural Differences Between Markers and Genomic AC Microsatellites

    • Fabio Pardi
    • Richard M. Sibly
    • John C. Whittaker

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 688 - 693