1. Evolution of genes and taxa: a primer

   • Jeff J. Doyle
   • Brandon S. Gaut

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 23

2. Preface

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

3. SECTION 1 — MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENETICS: GENERAL ISSUES

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 11

4. Examining rates and patterns of nucleotide substitution in plants

   • Spencer V. Muse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 43

5. Contributions of plant molecular systematics to studies of molecular evolution

   • E. Douglas Soltis
   • Pamela S. Soltis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 75

6. SECTION 2 — EVOLUTION OF GENE FAMILIES AND GENE FUNCTIONS: CASE HISTORIES

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 77

7. Molecular evolution of the chalcone synthase multigene family in the morning glory genome

   • Mary L. Durbin
   • Bonnie McCaig
   • Michael T. Clegg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 92

8. Myrosinase: gene family evolution and herbivore defense in Brassicaceae

   • Lars Rask
   • Erik Andréasson
   • Johan Meijer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 114

9. A short history of MADS-box genes in plants

   • Günter Theissen
   • Annette Becker
   • Heinz Saedler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 149

10. Knots in the family tree: evolutionary relationships and functions of knox homeobox genes

    • Leonore Reiser
    • Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo
    • Sarah Hake

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 166

11. SECTION 3 — THE EVOLUTION OF IMPORTANT PHENOMENA IN PLANTS

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 167

12. Evolutionary genetics of self-incompatibility in the Solanaceae

    • Adam D. Richman
    • Joshua R. Kohn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 179

13. The evolution of nodulation

    • Gustavo Gualtieri
    • Ton Bisseling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 194

14. The evolution of disease resistance genes

    • Todd E. Richter
    • Pamela C. Ronald

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 204

15. Hybridization, introgression, and linkage evolution

    • Loren H. Rieseberg
    • Stuart J.E. Baird
    • Keith A. Gardner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 224

16. Genome evolution in polyploids

    • Jonathan F. Wendel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 249

17. Transposable element contributions to plant gene and genome evolution

    • Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 269

18. Index

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 272