Interlocus variation of genetic distance and the neutral mutation theory.
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 72 (7) , 2758-2760
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.7.2758
Abstract
Theoretical distributions of genetic distance between reproductively isolated taxa are derived by means of computer simulation, taking into account mutation and random genetic drift. The distributions obtained are in good agreement with the observed distributions of interracial and interspecific genetic distances for enzymes loci in Drosophila. This indicates that the gene substitution at enzyme loci can be explained by the neutral mutation theory.Keywords
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