Physicochemical Optimization in the Genetic Code Origin as the Number of Codified Amino Acids Increases Massimo Di GiulioMario Medugno Pages: 1 - 10
Enhanced Evolvability in Immunoglobulin V Genes Under Somatic Hypermutation Lindsay G. CowellHye-Jung KimThomas B. Kepler Pages: 23 - 26
Synonymous Codon Choices in the Extremely GC-Poor Genome of Plasmodium falciparum: Compositional Constraints and Translational Selection Héctor MustoHéctor RomeroGiorgio Bernardi Pages: 27 - 35
The Nonrandom Location of Synonymous Codons Suggests That Reading Frame-Independent Forces Have Patterned Codon Preferences Marcos A. AntezanaMartin Kreitman Pages: 36 - 43
Current Intraspecific Dynamics of Sequence Evolution Differs from Long-Term Trends and Can Account for the AT-Richness of Honeybee Mitochondrial DNA Stella KoulianosRoss H. Crozier Pages: 44 - 48
Two Aspects of DNA Base Composition: G+C Content and Translation-Coupled Deviation from Intra-Strand Rule of A=T and G=C Noboru Sueoka Pages: 49 - 62
The Evolution of Codon Preferences in Drosophila: A Maximum-Likelihood Approach to Parameter Estimation and Hypothesis Testing Gilean A.T. McVeanJorge Vieira Pages: 63 - 75
Estimating the Contributions of Selection and Self-Organization in RNA Secondary Structure Erik A. SchultesPeter T. HraberThomas H. LaBean Pages: 76 - 83
Coevolution of PERB11 (MIC) and HLA Class I Genes with HERV-16 and Retroelements by Extended Genomic Duplication Jerzy K. KulskiSilvana GaudieriRoger L. Dawkins Pages: 84 - 97
Is There a Phylogenetic Signal in Prokaryote Proteins? Sarah A. TeichmannGraeme Mitchison Pages: 98 - 107
A Probable Mixed-Function Supraoperon in Pseudomonas Exhibits Gene Organization Features of Both Intergenomic Conservation and Gene Shuffling Gary XieCarol A. BonnerRoy A. Jensen Pages: 108 - 121
Organization, Structure, and Evolution of the Nonadult Rat β-Globin Gene Cluster Hiroyuki SatohNaomi InokuchiTaro Okazaki Pages: 122 - 129
Reconstructing the Complex Evolutionary History of Hepatitis B Virus Paul L. BollykyEdward C. Holmes Pages: 130 - 141
Mitochondrial Genes Collectively Suggest the Paraphyly of Crustacea with Respect to Insecta Erik García-MachadoMalgorzata PemperaMonique Monnerot Pages: 142 - 149
Apolipophorin II/I, Apolipoprotein B, Vitellogenin, and Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Genes Are Derived from a Common Ancestor Patrick J. BabinJan BogerdDick J. Van der Horst Pages: 150 - 160
Circular Permutations in the Molecular Evolution of DNA Methyltransferases Albert Jeltsch Pages: 161 - 164