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There's plenty of time for evolution.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Dec 2010

Wilf Herbert S, Ewens Warren J

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Objections to Darwinian evolution are often based on the time required to carry out the necessary mutations. Seemingly, exponential numbers of mutations are needed. We show that such estimates ignore the effects of natural selection, and that the numbers of necessary mutations are thereby reduced...

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PMID: 21149677
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016207107
PMCID: PMC3012492

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