1. Single Nucleotide +1 Frameshifts in an Apparently FunctionalMitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene in Ants of the Genus Polyrhachis

   • Andrew T. Beckenbach
   • Simon K.A. Robson
   • Ross H. Crozier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 152

   

2. Phylogenetic Analyses of the Core Antenna Domain: Investigatingthe Origin of Photosystem I

   • Lucas J. Mix
   • David Haig
   • Colleen M. Cavanaugh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 163

   

3. Sequence, Transcription Activity, and Evolutionary Origin of the R-BodyCoding Plasmid pKAP298 from the Intracellular Parasitic BacteriumCaedibacter taeniospiralis

   • Jörn Jeblick
   • Jürgen Kusch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 164 - 173

   

4. Intervening Sequences of Regularly Spaced Prokaryotic Repeats Derive from Foreign Genetic Elements

   • Francisco J.M. Mojica
   • Chc)sar Díez-Villaseñor
   • Elena Soria

   OriginalPaper Pages: 174 - 182

   

5. Multiple Independent Losses of Photosynthesis and Differing EvolutionaryRates in the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): Combined Phylogenetic Analyses of DNA Sequences of the Nuclear and the Nucleomorph Ribosomal Operons

   • Kerstin Hoef-Emden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 195

   

6. A Novel Additional Group II Intron Distinguishes the Mitochondrial rps3 Gene in Gymnosperms

   • Teresa M.R. Regina
   • Ernesto Picardi
   • Carla Quagliariello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 206

   

7. Multiple Mutations and Gene Duplications Conferring Organophosphorus Insecticide Resistance Have Been Selected at the Rop-1 Locus of the Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

   • Richard D. Newcomb
   • Dianne M. Gleeson
   • John G. Oakeshott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 220

   

8. Natural Selection During Functional Divergence to LMP7 and Proteasome Subunit X (PSMB5) Following Gene Duplication

   • David H. Bos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 228

   

9. Evolution of NIN-Like Proteins in Arabidopsis, Rice, and Lotus japonicus

   • Leif Schauser
   • Wioletta Wieloch
   • Jens Stougaard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 237

   

10. Phylogenetic and Exon–Intron Structure Analysis of Fungal Subtilisins: Support for a Mixed Model of Intron Evolution

    • Chengshu Wang
    • Milton A. Typas
    • Tariq M. Butt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 238 - 246

    

11. Expression Patterns of Duplicate Genes in the Developing Root in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Austin L. Hughes
    • Robert Friedman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 256

    

12. Evolution of Plant-Like Crystalline Storage Polysaccharide in the Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii Argues for a Red Alga Ancestry

    • Alexandra Coppin
    • Jean-Stéphane Varré
    • Stanislas Tomavo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 267

    

13. Evidence of Positive Darwinian Selection in Omp85, a Highly ConservedBacterial Outer Membrane Protein Essential for Cell Viability

    • David A. Fitzpatrick
    • James O. McInerney

    OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 273

    

14. On Slippage-Like Mutation Dynamics Within Genes: A Study of Pseudogenes and 3′UTRs

    • Manami Nishizawa
    • Kazuhisa Nishizawa

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 274 - 275