Independent Integration of Rodent Identifier (ID) Elements into Orthologous Sites of Some RT6 Alleles of Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus Stefan RothenburgMaike EibenFriedrich Haag Pages: 251 - 259
Aerobiosis Increases the Genomic Guanine Plus Cytosine Content (GC%) in Prokaryotes Hugo NayaHéctor RomeroHéctor Musto Pages: 260 - 264
Divergent Intron Conservation in the Mitochondrial nad2 Gene: Signatures for the Three Bryophyte Classes (Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts) and the Lycophytes Dagmar PruchnerSusanne BeckertVolker Knoop Pages: 265 - 271
Molecular and Evolutionary Analysis of Mussel Histone Genes (Mytilus spp.): Possible Evidence of an "Orphon Origin" for H1 Histone Genes José M. Eirín-LópezAna M. González-TizónJosefina Méndez Pages: 272 - 283
Intra- and Interfamily Relationships of Vespertilionidae Inferred by Various Molecular Markers Including SINE Insertion Data Kuniko KawaiMasato NikaidoNorihiro Okada Pages: 284 - 301
Characterization of the I-Spom I Endonuclease from Fission Yeast: Insights into the Evolution of a Group I Intron-Encoded Homing Endonuclease Stefan PellenzAlexis HaringtonBernd Schäfer Pages: 302 - 313
Phylogenetic Analysis Shows That the OXA b-Lactamase Genes Have Been on Plasmids for Millions of Years Miriam BarlowBarry G. Hall Pages: 314 - 321
JC Virus Strains Indigenous to Northeastern Siberians and Canadian Inuits Are Unique But Evolutionally Related to Those Distributed Throughout Europe and Mediterranean Areas Chie SugimotoMasami HasegawaYoshiaki Yogo Pages: 322 - 335
Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of a Glucose Transporter Gene Family from the Human Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans Jinjiang FanVishnu ChaturvediShi-Hsiang Shen Pages: 336 - 346
When Comparative Information Leads Us Astray: The Receptor-Binding Region of Colicin E9 Robert L. DoritMargaret A. Riley Pages: 347 - 355
Analysis of the Phylogenetic Distribution of Isochores in Vertebrates and a Test of the Thermal Stability Hypothesis Elise M.S. BelleNick SmithAdam Eyre-Walker Pages: 356 - 363
Molecular Phylogeny of the Extinct Pleistocene Dwarf Elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus falconeri from Tilos Island, Dodekanisa, Greece Nikos PoulakakisGeorgios E. TheodorouMoysis Mylonas Pages: 364 - 374