Insights into the evolutionary process from patterns of DNA sequence variability.

doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(97)80048-2

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Insights into the evolutionary process from patterns of DNA sequence variability.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 1997

Aquadro C F

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Studies of DNA sequence diversity, particularly in Drosophila, reveal both the complexity of natural selection and the importance of the interaction of natural selection and variation in rates of recombination within genomes and between species in determining levels of sequence variability in dif...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Animals
DNA
Drosophila
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Recombination, Genetic

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