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Neutral Variation in the Context of Selection.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jun 2018
Charlesworth Brian, Charlesworth Deborah
Abstract excerpt
In its initial formulation by Motoo Kimura, the neutral theory was concerned solely with the level of variability maintained by random genetic drift of selectively neutral mutations, and the rate of molecular evolution caused by the fixation of such mutations. The original theory considered events at a single genetic locus in isolation from the rest of the genome. It did not take long, however, for theoreticians...
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