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Three Perspectives on Neutrality and Drift in Molecular Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Michael R. Dietrich
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Abstract

This article offers three contrasting cases of the use of neutrality and drift in molecular evolution. In the first, neutrality is assumed as a simplest case for modeling. In the second and third, concepts of drift and neutrality are developed within the context of population genetics testing and the development and application of the molecular clock.

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Case Studies on Chance in Evolution
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 73 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2004 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers. Edited by Miriam Solomon , December 2006 , pp. 666 - 677
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