What determines the rate of sequence evolution? - PubMed (original) (raw)

What determines the rate of sequence evolution?

J F Brookfield. Curr Biol. 2000.

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Abstract

High rates of amino-acid sequence evolution have sometimes been considered to be diagnostic for genes undergoing adaptive change. However, two recent studies have shown that rapid evolution of amino-acid sequence can also be congruent with neutrality.

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