Penguin evolution: protein comparisons demonstrate phylogenetic relationship to flying aquatic birds.

abstract：:Compared with the X chromosome, the mammalian Y chromosome is considerably diminished in size and has lost most of its ancestral genes during evolution. Interestingly, for the X-degenerate region on the Y chromosome, human has retained all 16 genes, while chimpanzee has lost 4 of the 16 genes since the divergence of t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Goto H,Peng L,Makova KD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As illustrated by the mitochondrion and the eukaryotic cell, little in biology makes sense except in light of mutualism. Mutualisms are persistent, intimate, and reciprocal exchanges; an organism proficient in obtaining certain benefits confers those on a partner, which reciprocates by conferring different benefits. M...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Lanier KA,Petrov AS,Williams LD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins that transport ATP and ADP have been identified in mitochondria, plastids, and obligate intracellular parasites. The mitochondrial ATP/ADP transporters are derived from a broad-specificity transport family of eukaryotic origin, whereas the origin of the plastid/parasite ATP/ADP translocase is more el...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Amiri H,Karlberg O,Andersson SG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic Nramp genes encode divalent metal ion permeases important for nutrition and resistance to microbial infection. Bacterial homologs encode proton-dependent transporters of manganese (MntH), and other divalent metal ions. Bacterial MntH were classified in three homology groups (A, B, C) and MntH C further subd...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Richer E,Courville P,Bergevin I,Cellier MF

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All complete retrovirus sequences in the GenEMBL database were examined with the goal of assessing possible relationships between the nucleotide composition of retroviral genomes, the amino acid composition of retroviral proteins, and evolutionary strategies used by retroviruses. The results demonstrated that the geno...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Bronson EC,Anderson JN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout history, remote archipelagos have repeatedly been designated natural laboratories to study evolutionary processes. The extensive, geographically structured, morphological variation within Galápagos' Opuntia cacti has been presumed to be another example of how such processes shape diversity. However, recent ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Helsen P,Verdyck P,Van Dongen S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation termination is catalyzed by release factors that recognize stop codons. However, previous works have shown that in some bacteria, the termination process also involves bases around stop codons. Recently, Ito et al. analyzed release factors and identified the amino acids therein that recognize stop codons. ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Ozawa Y,Saito R,Washio T,Tomita M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from parthenogenetic lizards of the Heteronotia binoei complex with restriction enzymes revealed an approximately 5-kb addition present in all 77 individuals. Cleavage site mapping suggested the presence of a direct tandem duplication spanning the 16S and 12S rRNA genes, the con...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Zevering CE,Moritz C,Heideman A,Sturm RA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A+T content, phylogenetic relationships, codon usage, evolutionary rates, and ratio of synonymous versus non-synonymous substitutions have been studied in partial sequences of the atpD and aroQ/pheA genes of primary ( Buchnera) and secondary symbionts of aphids and a set of selected non-symbiotic bacteria, belonging t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Moya A,Latorre A,Sabater-Muñoz B,Silva FJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequences was undertaken for two genes among orangutans from Borneo and Sumatra. The distribution of haplotypes among 42 individuals for NADH dehydrogenease subunit 3 and 39 individuals for cytochrome B was used to infer population structure. The haplotypes among all Bornean orangutan...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Muir CC,Galdikas BM,Beckenbach AT

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frugivorous and nectarivorous bats rely largely on hepatic glycogenesis and glycogenolysis for postprandial blood glucose disposal and maintenance of glucose homeostasis during short time starvation, respectively. The glycogen synthase 2 encoded by the Gys2 gene plays a critical role in liver glycogen synthesis. To te...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Qian Y,Fang T,Shen B,Zhang S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male sex genes have shown a pattern of rapid interspecies divergence at both the coding and gene expression level. A common outcome from crosses between closely-related species is hybrid male sterility. Phenotypic and genetic studies in Drosophila sterile hybrid males have shown that spermatogenesis arrest is postmeio...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Sundararajan V,Civetta A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the nuclear rDNA cistron represents the barcoding locus for Fungi. Intragenomic variation of this multicopy gene can interfere with accurate phylogenetic reconstruction of biological entities. We investigated the amount and nature of this variation for the lichenized fun...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Lücking R,Lawrey JD,Gillevet PM,Sikaroodi M,Dal-Forno M,Berger SA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many eubacteria contain an ATP-dependent protease complex, which is built by multiple copies of the HslV and HslU proteins and is therefore called HslVU. HslU proteins are AAA + ATPases, while HslV proteins are proteases that show highly significant similarity to beta subunits of proteasomes. Therefore, the HslVU comp...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Ruiz-González MX,Marín I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish protamines are highly specialized molecules which are responsible for chromatin condensation during the last stages of spermatogenesis (spermiogenesis). However, not all fish contain protamines in their sperm nuclei; rather, there seems to be a random distribution of protamines within this group. The origin of th...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Saperas N,Ausio J,Lloris D,Chiva M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short interspersed DNA elements (SINEs) amplify by retroposition either by (i) successive waves of amplification from one or a few evolving master genes or by (ii) the generation of new master genes that coexist with their progenitors. Individual, highly conserved, elements of the B1 SINE family were identified from t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Kass DH,Raynor ME,Williams TM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present phylogenetic evidence that a group I intron in an angiosperm mitochondrial gene arose recently by horizontal transfer from a fungal donor species. A 1,716-bp fragment of the mitochondrial coxI gene from the angiosperm Peperomia polybotrya was amplified via the polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. Compar...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Vaughn JC,Mason MT,Sper-Whitis GL,Kuhlman P,Palmer JD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in structure among primate hemoglobins is associated with variation in function. This supports the hypothesis that most substitutions observed among homologous proteins in different species have been fixed by natural selection because they contribute to the fitness of the genotype. It does not support the co...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Sullivan B

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The semen of many primate species coagulates into a mating plug believed to prevent the sperm of subsequent mating events from accessing the ova. The texture of the coagulum varies among species: from a semisoft mass in humans to a firm plug in chimpanzees. In humans, a component of the coagulum, semenogelin I, also i...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Kingan SB,Tatar M,Rand DM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protamine P1 genes have been sequenced by PCR amplification and direct DNA sequencing from 9 primates representing 5 major families, Cebidae (new world monkeys), Cercopithecidae (old world monkeys), Hylobatidae (gibbons), Pongidae (gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzee), and Hominidae (human). In this recently diverged g...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Retief JD,Winkfein RJ,Dixon GH,Adroer R,Queralt R,Ballabriga J,Oliva R

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The helix-turn-helix domain-containing family of transcriptional regulators is of ancient origin and has been incorporated into numerous disparate biological processes. As a consequence, the forces shaping its early evolution have been difficult to reconstruct. Herein, we analyze this large and diverse family with a c...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Rosinski JA,Atchley WR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A problem with studying evolutionary dynamics of mitochondrial (mt) DNA is that classical population genetic techniques cannot identify selected substitutions because of genetic hitchhiking. We circumvented this problem by employing a candidate complex approach to study sequence variation in cytochrome c oxidase (COX)...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Melvin RG,Katewa SD,Ballard JW

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local stability of unbranched biosynthetic pathways is examined by mathematical analysis and computer simulation using a novel nonlinear formalism that appears to accurately describe biochemical systems. Four factors affecting the stability are examined: strength of feedback inhibition, equalization of the values...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Savageau MA

更新日期：1975-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro selection of Zn(2+)-dependent RNA-cleaving DNAzymes with activity at 90 degrees C has yielded a diverse spool of selected sequences. The RNA cleavage efficiency was found in all cases to be specific for Zn(2+) over Pb(2+), Ca(2+), Cd(2+), Co(2+), Hg(2+), and Mg(2+). The Zn(2+)-dependent activity assay of the ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Nelson KE,Bruesehoff PJ,Lu Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have revealed a major difference in the phylogenetic structure, extent of genetic diversity, and selection pressure between the surface glycoproteins and internal gene segments of avian influenza viruses (AIV) sampled from wild birds. However, what evolutionary processes are responsible for these stri...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Chen R,Holmes EC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of helical structures formed by polyuridylic acid with nucleosides and nucleotides derived from adenosine is not significantly affected by replacing hydroxyl groups by hydrogen, amino, or azido functions. Stability is affected by the position of the phosphate group. ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Gibbs DE,Orgel LE

更新日期：1976-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Species identification is one of the most important issues in biological studies. Due to recent increases in the amount of genomic information available and the development of DNA sequencing technologies, the applicability of using DNA sequences to identify species (commonly referred to as "DNA barcoding") is being te...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Seo TK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three measures of sequence dissimilarity have been compared on a computer-generated model system in which substitutions in random sequences were made at randomly selected sites and the replacement character was chosen at random from the set of characters different from the original occupant of the site. The three meas...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Blaisdell BE

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally considered that if an RNA World ever existed that it would be driven by an RNA capable of RNA replication. Whether such a catalytic RNA could emerge in an RNA World or not, there would need to be prior routes to increasing complexity in order to produce it. It is hypothesized here that increasing seque...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Tirumalai MR,Tran Q,Paci M,Chavan D,Marathe A,Fox GE

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced a protamine gene from the chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). This gene sequence is highly homologous to one found in the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), including the conservation of two structurally different repetitive elements. One of these repeats resembles a nonviral retroposon and the...

journal_title：Journal of molecular evolution

authors： Moir RD,Dixon GH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00