Molecular Biology and Evolution - 27 (7), 2010

(Volume 27, Issue 7, July 2010)


LETTER

Revisiting the Contribution of cis -Elements to Expression Divergence between Duplicated Genes: The Role of Chromatin Structure
Jingjing Li, Zineng Yuan, and Zhaolei Zhang

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Characterization of TRPC2 , an Essential Genetic Component of VNS Chemoreception, Provides Insights into the Evolution of Pheromonal Olfaction in Secondary-Adapted Marine Mammals
Li Yu, Wei Jin, Jia-xin Wang, Xin Zhang, Meng-meng Chen, Zhou-hai Zhu, Hang Lee, Muyeong Lee, Ya-ping Zhang

Molecular Basis of the Waxy Endosperm Starch Phenotype in Broomcorn Millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.)
Harriet V. Hunt, Kay Denyer, Len C. Packman, Martin K. Jones, and Christopher J. Howe

Female-Biased Expression on the X Chromosome as a Key Step in Sex Chromosome Evolution in Threespine Sticklebacks
Erica H. Leder, Jose M. Cano, Tuomas Leinonen, Robert B. O'Hara, Mikko Nikinmaa, Craig R. Primmer, Juha Merilä

Internal and External Paralogy in the Evolution of Tropomyosin Genes in Metazoans
Manuel Irimia, Ignacio Maeso, Peter W. Gunning, Jordi Garcia-Fernandez, Scott William Roy

Haplotype Structure and Divergence at Human and Chimpanzee Serotonin Transporter and Receptor Genes: Implications for Behavioral Disorder Association Analyses
Katrina G. Claw, Raul Y. Tito, Anne C. Stone, and Brian C. Verrelli

Differential Gene Retention in Plastids of Common Recent Origin
Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Hwan Su Yoon, Ahmed Moustafa, Eun Chan Yang, Robert A. Andersen, Sung Min Boo, Takuro Nakayama, Ken-ichiro Ishida, Debashish Bhattacharya

Characterization of Periplastidal Compartment – Targeting Signals in Chlorarachniophytes
Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Gillian H. Gile, Shuhei Ota, Patrick J. Keeling, and Ken-ichiro Ishida

Statistical Potentials for Improved Structurally Constrained Evolutionary Models
Claudia L. Kleinman, Nicolas Rodrigue, Nicolas Lartillot, and Hervé Philippe

Gene Conversion and DNA Sequence Polymorphism in the Sex-Determination Gene fog-2 and Its Paralog ftr-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans
Hallie S. Rane, Jessica M. Smith, Ulfar Bergthorsson, and Vaishali Katju

Ontogenetic Complexity of Sexual Dimorphism and Sex-Specific Selection
Judith E. Mank, Kiwoong Nam, Björn Brunström, and Hans Ellegren

Splicing and Transcription Differ between Spore and Intracellular Life Stages in the Parasitic Microsporidia
Erin E. Gill, Renny C.H. Lee, Nicolas Corradi, Cameron J. Grisdale, Valerie O. Limpright, Patrick J. Keeling, Naomi M. Fast

Adaptive Evolution of Foundation Kinetochore Proteins in Primates
Mary G. Schueler, Willie Swanson, Pamela J. Thomas, Eric D. Green and NISC Comparative Sequencing Program

Interactions among Proteins of Floral MADS-Box Genes in Basal Eudicots: Implications for Evolution of the Regulatory Network for Flower Development
Cuijing Liu, Jian Zhang, Ning Zhang, Hongyan Shan, Kunmei Su, Jisi Zhang, Zheng Meng, Hongzhi Kong, Zhiduan Chen


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