Addition of wsp Sequences to the Wolbachia Phylogenetic Tree and Stability of the Classification Bernard PintureauSophie ChaudierSimon Grenier OriginalPaper Pages: 374 - 377
Gene Conversion Drives Within Genic Sequences: Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal RNA Genes in Bacteria and Archaea Daiqing Liao Pages: 305 - 317
Monophyletic Origin of the Order Chiroptera and Its Phylogenetic Position Among Mammalia, as Inferred from the Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial DNA of a Japanese Megabat, the Ryukyu Flying Fox (Pteropus dasymallus) Masato NikaidoMasashi HaradaNorihiro Okada Pages: 318 - 328
Dynamic Rearrangement Within the Antheraea pernyi Silk Fibroin Gene Is Associated with Four Types of Repetitive Units Hideki SezutsuKenji Yukuhiro Pages: 329 - 338
Multiple Lineages of the Mitochondrial Gene NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 1 (ND1) in Parasitic Helminths: Implications for Molecular Evolutionary Studies of Facultatively Anaerobic Eukaryotes Lynne van HerwerdenDavid BlairTakeshi Agatsuma Pages: 339 - 352
Are Noncoding Sequences of Rickettsia prowazekii Remnants of ``Neutralized'' Genes? Dirk HolsteOlaf WeissHanspeter Herzel Pages: 353 - 362
Biglycan-Like Extracellular Matrix Genes of Agnathans and Teleosts Seikou ShintaniAkie SatoJan Klein Pages: 363 - 373
The Comparison of β-Thymosin Homologues Among Metazoa Supports an Arthropod-Nematode Clade Michaël ManuelMichael KruseYannick Le Parco Pages: 378 - 381
The Structure and Gene Repertoire of an Ancient Red Algal Plastid Genome Gernot GlöcknerAndré RosenthalKlaus Valentin Pages: 382 - 390
Molecular Characterization and Evolution of the Amylase Multigene Family of Drosophila ananassae Jean-Luc Da LageFrédérique MaczkowiakMarie-Louise Cariou Pages: 391 - 403
Mitochondrial DNA of Hydra attenuata (Cnidaria): A Sequence That Includes an End of One Linear Molecule and the Genes for l-rRNA, tRNAf-Met, tRNATrp, COII, and ATPase8 Genevieve Pont-KingdonCecile G. VassortDavid R. Wolstenholme Pages: 404 - 415
RNA Folding Argues Against a Hot-Start Origin of Life Vincent MoultonPaul P. GardnerDavid Penny Pages: 416 - 421