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1A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequencesJournal of Molecular Evolution198026,349
2Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: A maximum likelihood approachJournal of Molecular Evolution198113,040
3Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNAJournal of Molecular Evolution19857,819
4Evaluation of the maximum likelihood estimate of the evolutionary tree topologies from DNA sequence data, and the branching order in hominoideaJournal of Molecular Evolution19893,259
5Maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation from DNA sequences with variable rates over sites: Approximate methodsJournal of Molecular Evolution19942,713
6Accuracy of estimated phylogenetic trees from molecular dataJournal of Molecular Evolution19832,226
7Evolution of the cytochromeb gene of mammalsJournal of Molecular Evolution19912,052
8Progressive sequence alignment as a prerequisitetto correct phylogenetic treesJournal of Molecular Evolution19871,850
9Intervening Sequences of Regularly Spaced Prokaryotic Repeats Derive from Foreign Genetic ElementsJournal of Molecular Evolution20051,782
10Probability distribution of molecular evolutionary trees: A new method of phylogenetic inferenceJournal of Molecular Evolution19961,516
11The mitochondrial DNA molecule ofDrosophila yakuba: Nucleotide sequence, gene organization, and genetic codeJournal of Molecular Evolution19851,501
12Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution19821,487
13Analyzing the mosaic structure of genesJournal of Molecular Evolution19921,442
14A new method for calculating evolutionary substitution ratesJournal of Molecular Evolution19841,352
15Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution19951,251
16Unbiased estimation of the rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution19931,052
17Estimating the pattern of nucleotide substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1994949
18Evolution of Substrate Specificities in the P-Type ATPase SuperfamilyJournal of Molecular Evolution1998840
19An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organismsJournal of Molecular Evolution1986827
20Maximum likelihood inference of protein phylogeny and the origin of chloroplastsJournal of Molecular Evolution1990802
21Evolution in bacteria: Evidence for a universal substitution rate in cellular genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution1987778
22Amelioration of Bacterial Genomes: Rates of Change and ExchangeJournal of Molecular Evolution1997774
23Statistical tests of models of DNA substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1993749
24Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution1995716
25Comparison of three actin-coding sequences in the mouse; Evolutionary relationships between the actin genes of warm-blooded vertebratesJournal of Molecular Evolution1986679
26Plant mitochondrial DNA evolved rapidly in structure, but slowly in sequenceJournal of Molecular Evolution1988649
27Synonymous and nonsynonymous rate variation in nuclear genes of mammalsJournal of Molecular Evolution1998633
28Rates of Molecular Evolution in RNA Viruses: A Quantitative Phylogenetic AnalysisJournal of Molecular Evolution2002604
29ArchaebacteriaJournal of Molecular Evolution1978588
30Demographic influences on mitochondrial DNA lineage survivorship in animal populationsJournal of Molecular Evolution1984581
31Structure and evolution of teleost mitochondrial control regionsJournal of Molecular Evolution1995581
32The phylogeny of the hominoid primates, as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridizationJournal of Molecular Evolution1984556
33The complete nucleotide sequence of theRattus norvegicus mitochondrial genome: Cryptic signals revealed by comparative analysis between vertebratesJournal of Molecular Evolution1989552
34The structure of cytochromec and the rates of molecular evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1971546
35The use of restriction endonucleases to measure mitochondrial DNA sequence relatedness in natural populationsJournal of Molecular Evolution1981543
36Phylogenetic Timing of the Fish-Specific Genome Duplication Correlates with the Diversification of Teleost FishJournal of Molecular Evolution2004542
37Numt, a recent transfer and tandem amplification of mitochondrial DNA to the nuclear genome of the domestic catJournal of Molecular Evolution1994539
38Model of amino acid substitution in proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNAJournal of Molecular Evolution1996487
39The Genetic Code Is One in a MillionJournal of Molecular Evolution1998480
40An examination of the constancy of the rate of molecular evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1974478
41Classification and phylogeny of the MADS-box multigene family suggest defined roles of MADS-box gene subfamilies in the morphological evolution of eukaryotesJournal of Molecular Evolution1996473
42Coenzymes as fossils of an earlier metabolic stateJournal of Molecular Evolution1976466
43Tempo and mode of sequence evolution in mitochondrial DNA of HawaiianDrosophilaJournal of Molecular Evolution1987464
44Molecular evolution of the HSP70 multigene familyJournal of Molecular Evolution1994459
45An evaluation of the molecular clock hypothesis using mammalian DNA sequencesJournal of Molecular Evolution1987458
46Two independent mutational events in the loss of urate oxidase during hominoid evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1992452
47Two types of amino acid substitutions in protein evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1979447
48Molecular evolution inDrosophila and the higher dipteraJournal of Molecular Evolution1984444
49Compositional constraints and genome evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1986444
50Patterns of nucleotide substitution in pseudogenes and functional genesJournal of Molecular Evolution1982443