The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution - Content

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  1. From Lamarck to population genetics
  2. Overdevelopment of the synthetic theory and the proposal of the neutral theory
  3. The neutral mutation-random drift hypothesis as an evolutionary paradigm
  4. Molecular evolutionary rates contrasted with phenotypic evolutionary rates
  5. Some features of molecular evolution
  6. Definition, types and action of natural selection
  7. Molecular structure, selective constraint and the rate of evolution
  8. Population genetics at the molecular level
  9. Summary and conclusion

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