| Evolutionary rate of immunoglobulin alpha noncoding region is greater in hominoids than in Old World monkeys | S Kawamura, H Tanabe, Y Watanabe, K Kurosaki, N Saitou | 743 |
| MHC class II genes of a marsupial, the red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus): identification of new gene families | S Schneider, V Vincek, H Tichy, F Figueroa, J Klein | 753 |
| Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of xantusiid lizards, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences | SB Hedges, RL Bezy, LR Maxson | 767 |
| Comparison of the bindin proteins of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, S. purpuratus, and Lytechinus variegatus: sequences involved in the species specificity of fertilization | JE Minor, DR Fromson, RJ Britten, EH Davidson | 781 |
| Molecular phylogeny of plethodonine salamanders and hylid frogs: statistical analysis of protein comparisons | R Highton | 796 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of neopterygian fishes, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences | BB Normark, AR McCune, RG Harrison | 819 |
| Evolution of retroposons by acquisition or deletion of retrovirus-like genes | MA McClure | 835 |
| The structure of the Adh locus of Drosophila mettleri: an intermediate in the evolution of the Adh locus in the repleta group of Drosophila | JS Yum, WT Starmer, DT Sullivan | 857 |
| Use of the method of generalized least squares in reconstructing phylogenies from sequence data | M Bulmer | 868 |
| High fidelity of the polymerase chain reaction | J Kwiatowski, D Skarecky, S Hernandez, D Pham, F Quijas | 884 |
| Pancreatic polypeptide and the sister group of birds | SB Hedges, LR Maxson | 888 |
| Monophyly/paraphyly/polyphyly and gene/species trees: an example from Drosophila | JR Powell | 892 |
| Similarity and congruence as criteria for molecular homolgy | DP Mindell | 897 |
| Book review | N Takahata | 901 |
| Erratum | | 904 |
| MBE reviewer index | | 905 |
| MBE author-subject index | | 906 |
