1. Actin Gene Family Dynamics in Cryptomonads and Red Algae

   • Goro Tanifuji
   • John M. Archibald

   OriginalPaper 11 August 2010 Pages: 169 - 179

   

2. Genes Devoid of Full-Length Transposable Element Insertions are Involved in Development and in the Regulation of Transcription in Human and Closely Related Species

   • Hussein Mortada
   • Cristina Vieira
   • Emmanuelle Lerat

   OriginalPaper 27 August 2010 Pages: 180 - 191

   

3. Mutation Biases and Mutation Rate Variation Around Very Short Human Microsatellites Revealed by Human–Chimpanzee–Orangutan Genomic Sequence Alignments

   • William Amos

   OriginalPaper 11 August 2010 Pages: 192 - 201

   

4. Evolution of the Cinnamyl/Sinapyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) Gene Family: The Emergence of Real Lignin is Associated with the Origin of Bona Fide CAD

   • Dong-Mei Guo
   • Jin-Hua Ran
   • Xiao-Quan Wang

   OriginalPaper 19 August 2010 Pages: 202 - 218

   

5. Explosive Expansion of βγ-Crystallin Genes in the Ancestral Vertebrate

   • Guido Kappé
   • Andrew G. Purkiss
   • Nicolette H. Lubsen

   OriginalPaper Open access 20 August 2010 Pages: 219 - 230

   

6. Sexual Selection and the Molecular Evolution of ADAM Proteins

   • Scott Finn
   • Alberto Civetta

   OriginalPaper 22 August 2010 Pages: 231 - 240