The nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 263-286

  Ohta, Tomoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution and polymorphism; Random drift; Weak selection

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEARLY NEUTRAL MUTATION; NEO-DARWINISM; RANDOM DRIFT;

EID: 0027020232     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.23.110192.001403     Document Type: Article

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