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Quasi-neutral molecular evolution — When positive and negative selection cancel out
2018-05-25
Abstract excerpt
In the absence of both positive and negative selection, DNA sequences evolve at the neutral rate, R = 1. Due to the prevalence of negative selection, R∼1 is rarely achieved in organismal evolution. However, when R ∼ 1 is observed, it does not necessarily indicate neutral evolution because positive and negative selection could be equally strong but in opposite directions - hereby referred to as quasi-neutrality. We...
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- fce47005-12ca-577d-927c-ac2dc9ed36ad
- DOI
- 10.1101/330811