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1A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequencesJournal of Molecular Evolution198025,715
2Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: A maximum likelihood approachJournal of Molecular Evolution198112,784
3Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNAJournal of Molecular Evolution19857,690
4Evaluation of the maximum likelihood estimate of the evolutionary tree topologies from DNA sequence data, and the branching order in hominoideaJournal of Molecular Evolution19893,224
5Maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation from DNA sequences with variable rates over sites: Approximate methodsJournal of Molecular Evolution19942,657
6Accuracy of estimated phylogenetic trees from molecular dataJournal of Molecular Evolution19832,194
7Evolution of the cytochromeb gene of mammalsJournal of Molecular Evolution19912,029
8Progressive sequence alignment as a prerequisitetto correct phylogenetic treesJournal of Molecular Evolution19871,836
9Intervening Sequences of Regularly Spaced Prokaryotic Repeats Derive from Foreign Genetic ElementsJournal of Molecular Evolution20051,706
10The mitochondrial DNA molecule ofDrosophila yakuba: Nucleotide sequence, gene organization, and genetic codeJournal of Molecular Evolution19851,490
11Probability distribution of molecular evolutionary trees: A new method of phylogenetic inferenceJournal of Molecular Evolution19961,486
12Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: Tempo and mode of evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution19821,483
13Analyzing the mosaic structure of genesJournal of Molecular Evolution19921,411
14A new method for calculating evolutionary substitution ratesJournal of Molecular Evolution19841,336
15Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution19951,185
16Unbiased estimation of the rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution19931,049
17Estimating the pattern of nucleotide substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1994939
18Evolution of Substrate Specificities in the P-Type ATPase SuperfamilyJournal of Molecular Evolution1998830
19An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organismsJournal of Molecular Evolution1986801
20Maximum likelihood inference of protein phylogeny and the origin of chloroplastsJournal of Molecular Evolution1990789
21Amelioration of Bacterial Genomes: Rates of Change and ExchangeJournal of Molecular Evolution1997769
22Evolution in bacteria: Evidence for a universal substitution rate in cellular genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution1987766
23Statistical tests of models of DNA substitutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1993746
24Patterns of nucleotide composition at fourfold degenerate sites of animal mitochondrial genomesJournal of Molecular Evolution1995693
25Comparison of three actin-coding sequences in the mouse; Evolutionary relationships between the actin genes of warm-blooded vertebratesJournal of Molecular Evolution1986676
26Plant mitochondrial DNA evolved rapidly in structure, but slowly in sequenceJournal of Molecular Evolution1988638
27Synonymous and nonsynonymous rate variation in nuclear genes of mammalsJournal of Molecular Evolution1998619
28Rates of Molecular Evolution in RNA Viruses: A Quantitative Phylogenetic AnalysisJournal of Molecular Evolution2002596
29ArchaebacteriaJournal of Molecular Evolution1978581
30Demographic influences on mitochondrial DNA lineage survivorship in animal populationsJournal of Molecular Evolution1984576
31Structure and evolution of teleost mitochondrial control regionsJournal of Molecular Evolution1995572
32The phylogeny of the hominoid primates, as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridizationJournal of Molecular Evolution1984555
33The complete nucleotide sequence of theRattus norvegicus mitochondrial genome: Cryptic signals revealed by comparative analysis between vertebratesJournal of Molecular Evolution1989550
34The structure of cytochromec and the rates of molecular evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1971545
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 Evolution2004533
37Numt, a recent transfer and tandem amplification of mitochondrial DNA to the nuclear genome of the domestic catJournal of Molecular Evolution1994528
38Model of amino acid substitution in proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNAJournal of Molecular Evolution1996487
39An examination of the constancy of the rate of molecular evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1974476
40Classification and phylogeny of the MADS-box multigene family suggest defined roles of MADS-box gene subfamilies in the morphological evolution of eukaryotesJournal of Molecular Evolution1996467
41The Genetic Code Is One in a MillionJournal of Molecular Evolution1998466
42Tempo and mode of sequence evolution in mitochondrial DNA of HawaiianDrosophilaJournal of Molecular Evolution1987463
43Coenzymes as fossils of an earlier metabolic stateJournal of Molecular Evolution1976457
44Molecular evolution of the HSP70 multigene familyJournal of Molecular Evolution1994457
45An evaluation of the molecular clock hypothesis using mammalian DNA sequencesJournal of Molecular Evolution1987456
46Molecular evolution inDrosophila and the higher dipteraJournal of Molecular Evolution1984444
47Two types of amino acid substitutions in protein evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1979442
48Compositional constraints and genome evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1986441
49Two independent mutational events in the loss of urate oxidase during hominoid evolutionJournal of Molecular Evolution1992440
50Patterns of nucleotide substitution in pseudogenes and functional genesJournal of Molecular Evolution1982438