1. Genome Desertification in Eutherians: Can Gene Deserts Explain the Uneven Distribution of Genes in Placental Mammalian Genomes?

   • Walter Salzburger
   • Dirk Steinke
   • Axel Meyer

   OriginalPaper Open access 01 July 2009 Pages: 207 - 216

   

2. Rapid Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeat Induced by Allopolyploidization

   • Zongxiang Tang
   • Shulan Fu
   • Yuting Zou

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2009 Pages: 217 - 228

   

3. The Genetics of Adaptation for Eight Microvirid Bacteriophages

   • Darin R. Rokyta
   • Zaid Abdo
   • Holly A. Wichman

   OriginalPaper Open access 20 August 2009 Pages: 229 - 239

   

4. The Evolutionary History of Lysine Biosynthesis Pathways Within Eukaryotes

   • Guifré Torruella
   • Hiroshi Suga
   • Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

   OriginalPaper 11 August 2009 Pages: 240 - 248

   

5. Unravelling cis-Regulatory Elements in the Genome of the Smallest Photosynthetic Eukaryote: Phylogenetic Footprinting in Ostreococcus

   • Gwenael Piganeau
   • Klaas Vandepoele
   • Hervé Moreau

   OriginalPaper 20 August 2009 Pages: 249 - 259

   

6. Sequence Polymorphism and Evolution of Three Cetacean MHC Genes

   • Shi Xia Xu
   • Wen Hua Ren
   • Guang Yang

   OriginalPaper 20 August 2009 Pages: 260 - 275

   

7. Evolutionary History of d-Lactate Dehydrogenases: A Phylogenomic Perspective on Functional Diversity in the FAD Binding Oxidoreductase/Transferase Type 4 Family

   • Melania E. Cristescu
   • Emmanuel E. Egbosimba

   OriginalPaper 29 August 2009 Pages: 276 - 287