Motoo Kimura's The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution PDF

By Motoo Kimura

ISBN-10: 0521231094

ISBN-13: 9780521231091

ISBN-10: 0521317932

ISBN-13: 9780521317931

Motoo Kimura, as founding father of the impartial idea, is uniquely positioned to put in writing this publication. He first proposed the speculation in 1968 to give an explanation for the all at once excessive price of evolutionary switch and intensely great amount of intraspecific variability on the molecular point that have been exposed by way of new suggestions in molecular biology. the speculation - which asserts that the good majority of evolutionary alterations on the molecular point are brought on no longer by way of Darwinian choice yet via random waft of selectively impartial mutants - has brought on controversy ever seeing that. This e-book is the 1st entire remedy of this topic and the writer synthesises a wealth of fabric - starting from a historic point of view, via fresh molecular discoveries, to stylish mathematical arguments - all provided in a so much lucid manner.

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