Development of Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories
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Development of Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories
A short history of the major features of neutral theories of molecular evolution is presented. Emphasis is placed on the nearly neutral theory, as this version of the neutral theory has explained the widest range of phenomena. The shift of interest from protein to DNA evolution is chronicled, leading to the modern view that silent and replacement substitutions are responding to different evolut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Theoretical Population Biology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0040-5809
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0007