1. Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Substitution Distances Are Correlated in Mouse and Rat Genes

   • W. Makałowski
   • M.S. Boguski
   • M. Yeager

   Pages: 119 - 121

2. Inhibition of Ribozymes by Deoxyribonucleotides and the Origin of DNA

   • Pedro E. León

   Pages: 122 - 126

3. Comments on the Role of H₂S in the Chemistry of Earth's Early Atmosphere and in Prebiotic Synthesis

   • Peter D. Clark
   • Norman I. Dowling
   • Minming Huang

   Pages: 127 - 132

4. Prion's Progress: Patterns and Rates of Molecular Evolution in Relation to Spongiform Disease

   • David C. Krakauer
   • Paolo M. de A. Zanotto
   • Mark Pagel

   Pages: 133 - 145

5. Genetic Structure of the Ancestral Population of Modern Humans

   • Ewa Ziętkiewicz
   • Vania Yotova
   • Damian Labuda

   Pages: 146 - 155

6. A Novel Vertebrate Myoglobin Gene Containing Three A+T-Rich Introns Is Conserved Among Antarctic Teleost Species Which Differ in Myoglobin Expression

   • Deena J. Small
   • Michael E. Vayda
   • Bruce D. Sidell

   Pages: 156 - 166

7. Scapharca inæquivalvis Tetrameric Hemoglobin A and B Genes: Evidence for a Minigene

   • Alessandra Gambacurta
   • Maria Cristina Piro
   • Franca Ascoli

   Pages: 167 - 171

8. Monophyletic Origin of Alu Elements in Primates

   • Ewa Ziętkiewicz
   • Chantal Richer
   • Damian Labuda

   Pages: 172 - 182

9. Dynamics of Tandem Repetitive Afa-Family Sequences in Triticeae, Wheat-Related Species

   • Kiyotaka Nagaki
   • Hisashi Tsujimoto
   • Tetsuo Sasakuma

   Pages: 183 - 189

10. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Glycolytic Enzyme, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, from Parabasalid Flagellates

    • Eric Viscogliosi
    • Miklós Müller

    Pages: 190 - 199

11. Molecular Evolution of the Domain Structures of Protein Disulfide Isomerases

    • Satoru Kanai
    • Hiroyuki Toh
    • Masakazu Kikuchi

    Pages: 200 - 210

12. Shaping of Drosophila Alcohol Dehydrogenase Through Evolution: Relationship with Enzyme Functionality

    • Sílvia Atrian
    • Luis Sánchez-Pulido
    • Alfonso Valencia

    Pages: 211 - 221

13. The IS1167 Insertion Sequence Is a Phylogenetically Informative Marker Among Isolates of Serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae

    • D. Ashley Robinson
    • Susan K. Hollingshead
    • Marilyn J. Crain

    Pages: 222 - 229

14. Identification of Glyoxalase I Sequences in Brassica oleracea and Sporobolus stapfianus: Evidence for Gene Duplication Events

    • Susan L. Clugston
    • Elisabeth Daub
    • John F. Honek

    Pages: 230 - 234