The Phylogenetic Informativeness of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences for Reconstructing the Vertebrate Tree Jeffrey P. TownsendFrancesc López-GiráldezRobert Friedman OriginalPaper 12 August 2008 Pages: 437 - 447
Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) in Calyptratae (Diptera: Brachycera) Zhong-kui SongXun-zhang WangGe-qiu Liang OriginalPaper 11 October 2008 Pages: 448 - 464
PCA and Clustering Reveal Alternate mtDNA Phylogeny of N and M Clades G. AlexeR. Vijaya SatyaG. Bhanot OriginalPaper 15 October 2008 Pages: 465 - 487
Adaptive Evolution of Gamete-Recognition Proteins in Birds Sofia BerlinLujiang QuHans Ellegren OriginalPaper Open access 11 October 2008 Pages: 488 - 496
Long Simple Sequence Repeats in Host-Adapted Pathogens Localize Near Genes Encoding Antigens, Housekeeping Genes, and Pseudogenes Xiangxue GuoJan Mrázek OriginalPaper 17 October 2008 Pages: 497 - 509
A Neutral Origin for Error Minimization in the Genetic Code Steven E. Massey OriginalPaper 15 October 2008 Pages: 510 - 516
Envelope-Like Retrotransposons in the Plant Kingdom: Evidence of Their Presence in Gymnosperms (Pinus pinaster) Célia MiguelMarta SimõesMargarida Rocheta OriginalPaper 17 October 2008 Pages: 517 - 525
Identification of a Saxitoxin Biosynthesis Gene with a History of Frequent Horizontal Gene Transfers Ralf KellmannTroco Kaan MichaliBrett Adam Neilan OriginalPaper 11 October 2008 Pages: 526 - 538
Does Hybridization Increase Evolutionary Rate? Data from the 28S-rDNA D8 Domain in Echinoderms Anne ChenuilEmilie EgeaJean-Pierre Féral OriginalPaper 24 October 2008 Pages: 539 - 550
Positive Darwinian Selection at Single Amino Acid Sites Conferring Plant Virus Resistance J. R. CavatortaA. E. SavageM. M. Jahn OriginalPaper 25 October 2008 Pages: 551 - 559
In Silico Genetic Robustness Analysis of Secondary Structural Elements in the miRNA Gene Wenjie ShuMing NiShengqi Wang OriginalPaper 22 October 2008 Pages: 560 - 569
Evolution and Regulation of the Downstream Gene of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α in Naked Carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) from Lake Qinghai, China Yi-Bin CaoXue-Qun ChenJi-Zeng Du OriginalPaper 22 October 2008 Pages: 570 - 580