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MORE than a century after the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the question of the relative contribution of selected and nonselected (“neutral”) genetic variation to evolution is still unresolved1,2.

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1. Department of Biology, Haifa University, Haifa
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NEVO, E. Test of Selection and Neutrality in Natural Populations.Nature 244, 573–575 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244573a0

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• Received: 20 February 1973
• Accepted: 12 July 1973
• Issue date: 31 August 1973
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/244573a0