Estimating selection by comparing synonymous and substitutional changes.

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A higher ratio of substitutional to synonymous changes in between-species than in within-species comparisons has been taken as evidence for positive selection changing amino acids. A model is presented in which a difference of this kind arises as a result of purely neutral mutations, provided that the "species" compared are sufficiently different to approach a steady state between forward and backward mutation....

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