1. A Comparison Among the Models Proposed to Explain the Origin of the tRNA Molecule: A Synthesis

   • Massimo Di Giulio

   OriginalPaper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1 - 9

   

2. Birth and Death of Genes and Functions in the β-Esterase Cluster of Drosophila

   • Charles Robin
   • Lisa M. J. Bardsley
   • John G. Oakeshott

   OriginalPaper Open access 18 June 2009 Pages: 10 - 21

   

3. Widespread Gene Conversion of Alpha-2-Fucosyltransferase Genes in Mammals

   • Joana Abrantes
   • David Posada
   • Jacques Le Pendu

   OriginalPaper Open access 16 June 2009 Pages: 22 - 31

   

4. RNase-Based Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility Evolution: Questioning the Hypothesis of Multiple Independent Recruitments of the S-Pollen Gene

   • Jorge Vieira
   • Nuno A. Fonseca
   • Cristina P. Vieira

   OriginalPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 32 - 41

   

5. Estimation of Fine-Scale Recombination Intensity Variation in the white–echinus Interval of D. melanogaster

   • Nadia D. Singh
   • Charles F. Aquadro
   • Andrew G. Clark

   OriginalPaper 06 June 2009 Pages: 42 - 53

   

6. RBR Ubiquitin Ligases: Diversification and Streamlining in Animal Lineages

   • Ignacio Marín

   OriginalPaper 13 June 2009 Pages: 54 - 64

   

7. Phylogeny of Banana Streak Virus Reveals Recent and Repetitive Endogenization in the Genome of Its Banana Host (Musa sp.)

   • Philippe Gayral
   • Marie-Line Iskra-Caruana

   OriginalPaper 11 June 2009 Pages: 65 - 80

   

8. Evolutionary Dynamics of Recently Duplicated Genes: Selective Constraints on Diverging Paralogs in the Drosophila pseudoobscura Genome

   • Richard P. Meisel

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2009 Pages: 81 - 93

   

9. Comparative Genomics of Drosophila mtDNA: Novel Features of Conservation and Change Across Functional Domains and Lineages

   • Kristi L. Montooth
   • Dawn N. Abt
   • David M. Rand

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2009 Pages: 94 - 114