Degeneracy and genetic assimilation in RNA evolution
Abstract Background The neutral theory of Motoo Kimura stipulates that evolution is mostly driven by neutral mutations. However adaptive pressure eventually leads to changes in phenotype that involve non-neutral mutations. The relation between neutrality and adaptation has been studied in the contex...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Bioinformatics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-018-2497-3 |