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Misconceptions and false expectations in neutral evolution.

Biological research - 1 Jan 2000

Valenzuela C Y

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Neutral evolution results from random recurrent mutation and genetic drift. A small part of random evolution, that which is related to protein or DNA polymorphisms, is the subject of the Neutral Theory of Evolution. One of the foundations of this theory is the demonstration that the mutation rate (m) is equal to the substitution rate. Since both rates are independent of population size, they are independent of...

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PMID: 15696678
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-97602000000300004

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