1. Compositional constraints and genome evolution

   • Giorgio Bernardi
   • Giacomo Bernardi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11

2. Polite DNA: Functional density and functional compatibility in genomes

   • Emile Zuckerkandl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 27

3. An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organisms

   • Paul M. Sharp
   • Wen-Hsiung Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 38

4. Silent nucleotide substitutions and G+C content of some mitochondrial and bacterial genes

   • Thomas H. Jukes
   • Vikas Bhushan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 44

5. Evolutionary aspects of trypanosomes: Analysis of genes

   • Paul A. M. Michels

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 52

6. Concerted evolution of sequence repeats inDrosophila mitochondrial DNA

   • Michel Solignac
   • Monique Monerot
   • Jean-Claude Mounolou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 60

7. In vitro expression of two proteins from overlapping reading frames in a eukaryotic DNA sequence

   • Jacek M. Jankowski
   • Stephen A. Krawetz
   • Gordon H. Dixon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 71

8. The 3′ ends of two genes in the Balbiani ring c locus ofChironomus thummi

   • Helmut Bäumlein
   • James Pustell
   • Fotis C. Kafatos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 82

9. Polymorphisms in the genomic distribution of copia-like elements in related laboratory stocks ofDrosophila melanogaster

   • Nikolaj Junakovic
   • Vincenzo Angelucci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 88

10. Transposition of copia-like nomadic elements can be induced by heat shock

    • Nikolaj Junakovic
    • Carmen Di Franco
    • Gioacchino Palumbo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 93

11. Nucleotide sequence and evolution of the orangutan ε globin gene region and surrounding Alu repeats

    • Ben F. Koop
    • Michael M. Miyamoto
    • Jerry L. Slightom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 102

12. Primary structures of the 5S ribosomal RNAs of 11 arthropods and applicability of 5S RNA to the study of metazoan evolution

    • L. Hendriks
    • E. Huysmans
    • R. De Wachter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 109

13. Evolution of proteins in mammalian cytoplasmic and mitochondrial ribosomes

    • Salvatore F. Pietromonaco
    • Robert A. Hessler
    • Thomas W. O'Brien

    OriginalPaper Pages: 110 - 117

14. Evolutionary role of posttranslational modifications of proteins, as illustrated by the glycosylation characteristics of the digestive enzyme pancreatic ribonuclease

    • Jaap J. Beintema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 118 - 120

15. The eye lens crystallins: Ambiguity as evolutionary strategy

    • Wilfried W. de Jong
    • Wiljan Hendriks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 129

16. Protein export in prokaryotes and eukaryotes: Indications of a difference in the mechanism of exportation

    • Olivier Gascuel
    • Antoine Danchin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 130 - 142

17. Characterization of the macronuclear DNA of different species ofTetrahymena

    • R. K. Conover
    • C. F. Brunk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 151

18. Cladistic analysis of 5S rRNA and 16S rRNA secondary and primary structure—The evolution of eukaryotes and their relation to archaebacteria

    • Jörn Wolters
    • Volker A. Erdmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 152 - 166

19. Hybridization homology: A new parameter for the analysis of phylogenetic relations, demonstrated with the urkingdom of the archaebacteria

    • H. -P. Klenk
    • B. Haas
    • W. Zillig

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 173

20. Genomic blot hybridization as a tool of phylogenetic analysis: Evolutionary divergence in the genusDrosophila

    • Michael Loukas
    • Christos Delidakis
    • Fotis C. Kafatos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 174 - 188

21. The number of nucleotides required to determine the branching order of three species, with special reference to the human-chimpanzee-gorilla divergence

    • Naruya Saitou
    • Masatoshi Nei

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 204