The origin of life—did it occur at high temperatures? Stanley L. MillerAntonio Lazcano Articles Pages: 689 - 692
Are polyphosphates or phosphate esters prebiotic reagents? Anthony D. KeefeStanley L. Miller Articles Pages: 693 - 702
Partition of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in two different structural classes dating back to early metabolism: Implications for the origin of the genetic code and the nature of protein sequences Marc Delarue Articles Pages: 703 - 711
Variation in synonymous substitution rates among mammalian genes and the correlation between synonymous and nonsynonymous divergences Tomoko OhtaYasuo Ina Articles Pages: 717 - 720
Faster evolutionary rates in endosymbiotic bacteria than in cospeciating insect hosts Nancy A. MoranCarol D. von DohlenPaul Baumann Articles Pages: 727 - 731
Constraints on mutability in a multiallelic gene family G. J. KingJ. R. Lynn Articles Pages: 732 - 740
Phylogenetic relationships between tuna species of the genus Thunnus (Scombridae: Teleostei): Inconsistent implications from morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial genomes Seinen ChowHirohisa Kishino Articles Pages: 741 - 748
Phylogenetic utility of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene: Molecular evolution of the Drosophila buzzatii species complex Greg S. Spicer Articles Pages: 749 - 759
Molecular evolution of the histidine biosynthetic pathway Renato FaniPietro LiòAntonio Lazcano Articles Pages: 760 - 774
Molecular evolution and secondary structural conservation in the B-cell lymphoma leukemia 2 (bcl-2) family of proto-oncogene products Dyfed Lloyd EvansRobert E. Mansel Articles Pages: 775 - 783
Human and mouse Krüppel-like (MOK2) orthologue genes encode two different zinc finger proteins Michèle Ernoult-LangeValérie ArranzMichel Kress Articles Pages: 784 - 794
Comparative analysis of Homo sapiens and Mus musculus cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor genes P16 (MTS1) and P15 (MTS2) Ping JiangSteven StoneAlexander Kamb Articles Pages: 795 - 802
Arrangement and nucleotide sequence of the gene (fus) encoding elongation factor G (EF-G) from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex pyrophilus: Phylogenetic depth of hyperthermophilic bacteria inferred from analysis of the EF-G/fus sequences Maurizio BocchettaElena CeccarelliPiero Cammarano Articles Pages: 803 - 812
Evolutionary relationships of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase genes Maurice J. B. van den HoffArd JonkerWouter H. Lamers Articles Pages: 813 - 832
The vertebrate linker histones H10, H5, and H1M are descendants of invertebrate “orphon” histone H1 genes Ekkehard SchulzeBettina Schulze Articles Pages: 833 - 840
The Giardia lamblia actin gene and the phylogeny of eukaryotes Guy DrouinMário Moniz de SáMichael Zuker Articles Pages: 841 - 849
Molecular evolution of genes encoding ribonucleases in ruminant species E. ConfaloneJ. J. BeintemaA. Furial Articles Pages: 850 - 858
Molecular phylogeny based on the κ-casein and cytochrome b sequences in the mammalian suborder Ruminantia Koichi ChikuniYutaka MoriMotoaki Kosugiyama Articles Pages: 859 - 866
Molecular evolution of group II phospholipases A2 Tomohisa OgawaMasato KitajimaMotonori Ohno Articles Pages: 867 - 877
Gene structure of chick cartilage chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (aggrecan) core protein Hao LiNancy B. Schwartz Articles Pages: 878 - 885
Sequence and evolution of the Drosophila pseudoobscura glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase locus R. Spencer Wells Articles Pages: 886 - 893
Organization and evolution of the cytochrome P450 CYP2A-2B-2F subfamily gene cluster on human chromosome 19 S. M. G. HoffmanP. Fernandez-SalgueroH. W. Mohrenweiser Articles Pages: 894 - 900
A reassessment of mammalian αA-crystallin sequences using DNA sequencing: Implications for anthropoid affinities of tarsier Cynthia J. Jaworski Articles Pages: 901 - 908
Hemoglobins of Kiefferulus, sister genus of Chironomus (Diptera: Insecta): Evolution of the Hb VIIB cluster Z. Z. ChenJon MartinB. T. O. Lee Articles Pages: 909 - 919
Comparison of the evolution of ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase (rbcL) and atpB-rbcL noncoding spacer sequences in a recent plant group, the tribe Rubieae (Rubiaceae) Jean-François ManenAlessandro Natali Articles Pages: 920 - 927
The sequence, organization, and evolution of the Locusta migratoria mitochondrial genome P. K. FlookC. H. F. RowellG. Gellissen Articles Pages: 928 - 941
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA genome of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Rafael ZardoyaAmando Garrido-PertierraJosé M. Bautista Articles Pages: 942 - 951
Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA molecule of the hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, and the phylogenetic position of the Lipotyphla Alexandra KrettekAnette GullbergUlfur Arnason Articles Pages: 952 - 957
Increased genetic diversity in mitochondrial genes is correlated with the evolution of parasitism in the Hymenoptera Mark DowtonAndrew D. Austin Articles Pages: 958 - 965
Recurrent simple tandem repeat mutations during human Y-chromosome radiation in Caucasian subpopulations B. M. CiminelliF. PompeiA. Novelletto Articles Pages: 966 - 973
Repetitive DNA sequences located in the central region of the human mdr1 (multidrug resistance) gene may account for a gene fusion event during its evolution Marc PaulyIsabelle KayserMario Dicato Articles Pages: 974 - 978
A BC200-derived element and Z-DNA as structural markers in annexin I genes: Relevance to Alu evolution and annexin tetrad formation R. O. MorganM. P. Fernández Articles Pages: 979 - 985
Evolution of the active sequences of the HpaI short interspersed elements Yukiharu KidoMasako SaitohNorihiro Okada Articles Pages: 986 - 995
Differential homogenization and amplification of two satellite DNAs in the genus Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) Klaus KingJürgen JobstVera Hemleben Articles Pages: 996 - 1005
Interhomologue sequence variation of alpha satellite DNA from human chromosome 17: Evidence for concerted evolution along haplotypic lineages Peter E. WarburtonHuntington F. Willard Articles Pages: 1006 - 1015
Structural constraints in expansion segments from a midge 26S rDNA Eduardo GorabMario Garcia de LacobaLuísa Maria Botella Articles Pages: 1016 - 1021
Reciprocal relationship between stem-loop potential and substitution density in retroviral quasispecies under positive Darwinian selection D. R. Forsdyke Articles Pages: 1022 - 1037
The contribution of slippage-like processes to genome evolution John M. Hancock Articles Pages: 1038 - 1047
Glutathione S-transferase and S-crystallins of cephalopods: Evolution from active enzyme to lens-refractive proteins Stanislav I. TomarevSambath ChungJoram Piatigorsky Articles Pages: 1048 - 1056
Legumin-like and vicilin-like seed storage proteins: Evidence for a common single-domain ancestral gene A. D. ShutovI. A. KakhovskayaK. Müntz Articles Pages: 1057 - 1069
Seed storage proteins of spermatophytes share a common ancestor with desiccation proteins of fungi H. BäumleinH. BraunA. D. Shutov Articles Pages: 1070 - 1075
Evolution of the response patterns to dietary carbohydrates and the developmental differentiation of gene expression of α-amylase in Drosophila Nobuyuki InomataKyoko KandaTsuneyuki Yamazaki Articles Pages: 1076 - 1084
High divergence of reproductive tract proteins and their association with postzygotic reproductive isolation in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis group species Alberto CivettaRama S. Singh Articles Pages: 1085 - 1095
Structure-based sequence alignment of elongation factors Tu and G with related GTPases involved in translation Arnthor Ævarsson Articles Pages: 1096 - 1104
The RecA protein as a model molecule for molecular systematic studies of bacteria: Comparison of trees of RecAs and 16S rRNAs from the same species Jonathan A. Eisen Articles Pages: 1105 - 1123
