Matt joins Nels and Vincent to discuss the neutral theory of evolution and its rejection in light of genome-scale data.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Matt Hahn
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- Neutral theoryin light of natural selection (Mol Biol Evol)
- Neutral Sequence Fallacy(Assembly of Fragments)
- Splendor and miseryof adaptation (BMC Biol)
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