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1 | A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1980 | 25,715 |
2 | Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: A maximum likelihood approach | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1981 | 12,784 |
3 | Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1985 | 7,690 |
4 | Evaluation of the maximum likelihood estimate of the evolutionary tree topologies from DNA sequence data, and the branching order in hominoidea | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1989 | 3,224 |
5 | Maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation from DNA sequences with variable rates over sites: Approximate methods | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1994 | 2,657 |
6 | Accuracy of estimated phylogenetic trees from molecular data | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1983 | 2,194 |
7 | Evolution of the cytochromeb gene of mammals | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1991 | 2,029 |
8 | Progressive sequence alignment as a prerequisitetto correct phylogenetic trees | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1987 | 1,836 |
9 | Intervening Sequences of Regularly Spaced Prokaryotic Repeats Derive from Foreign Genetic Elements | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 2005 | 1,706 |
10 | The mitochondrial DNA molecule ofDrosophila yakuba: Nucleotide sequence, gene organization, and genetic code | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1985 | 1,490 |
11 | Probability distribution of molecular evolutionary trees: A new method of phylogenetic inference | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1996 | 1,486 |
12 | Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1982 | 1,483 |
13 | Analyzing the mosaic structure of genes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1992 | 1,411 |
14 | A new method for calculating evolutionary substitution rates | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1984 | 1,336 |
15 | Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1995 | 1,185 |
16 | Unbiased estimation of the rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1993 | 1,049 |
17 | Estimating the pattern of nucleotide substitution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1994 | 939 |
18 | Evolution of Substrate Specificities in the P-Type ATPase Superfamily | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1998 | 830 |
19 | An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organisms | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1986 | 801 |
20 | Maximum likelihood inference of protein phylogeny and the origin of chloroplasts | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1990 | 789 |
21 | Amelioration of Bacterial Genomes: Rates of Change and Exchange | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1997 | 769 |
22 | Evolution in bacteria: Evidence for a universal substitution rate in cellular genomes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1987 | 766 |
23 | Statistical tests of models of DNA substitution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1993 | 746 |
24 | Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1995 | 693 |
25 | Comparison of three actin-coding sequences in the mouse; Evolutionary relationships between the actin genes of warm-blooded vertebrates | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1986 | 676 |
26 | Plant mitochondrial DNA evolved rapidly in structure, but slowly in sequence | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1988 | 638 |
27 | Synonymous and nonsynonymous rate variation in nuclear genes of mammals | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1998 | 619 |
28 | Rates of Molecular Evolution in RNA Viruses: A Quantitative Phylogenetic Analysis | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 2002 | 596 |
29 | Archaebacteria | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1978 | 581 |
30 | Demographic influences on mitochondrial DNA lineage survivorship in animal populations | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1984 | 576 |
31 | Structure and evolution of teleost mitochondrial control regions | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1995 | 572 |
32 | The phylogeny of the hominoid primates, as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridization | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1984 | 555 |
33 | The complete nucleotide sequence of theRattus norvegicus mitochondrial genome: Cryptic signals revealed by comparative analysis between vertebrates | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1989 | 550 |
34 | The structure of cytochromec and the rates of molecular evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1971 | 545 |
35 | The use of restriction endonucleases to measure mitochondrial DNA sequence relatedness in natural populations | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1981 | 543 |
36 | Phylogenetic Timing of the Fish-Specific Genome Duplication Correlates with the Diversification of Teleost Fish | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 2004 | 533 |
37 | Numt, a recent transfer and tandem amplification of mitochondrial DNA to the nuclear genome of the domestic cat | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1994 | 528 |
38 | Model of amino acid substitution in proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1996 | 487 |
39 | An examination of the constancy of the rate of molecular evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1974 | 476 |
40 | Classification and phylogeny of the MADS-box multigene family suggest defined roles of MADS-box gene subfamilies in the morphological evolution of eukaryotes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1996 | 467 |
41 | The Genetic Code Is One in a Million | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1998 | 466 |
42 | Tempo and mode of sequence evolution in mitochondrial DNA of HawaiianDrosophila | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1987 | 463 |
43 | Coenzymes as fossils of an earlier metabolic state | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1976 | 457 |
44 | Molecular evolution of the HSP70 multigene family | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1994 | 457 |
45 | An evaluation of the molecular clock hypothesis using mammalian DNA sequences | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1987 | 456 |
46 | Molecular evolution inDrosophila and the higher diptera | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1984 | 444 |
47 | Two types of amino acid substitutions in protein evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1979 | 442 |
48 | Compositional constraints and genome evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1986 | 441 |
49 | Two independent mutational events in the loss of urate oxidase during hominoid evolution | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1992 | 440 |
50 | Patterns of nucleotide substitution in pseudogenes and functional genes | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1982 | 438 |