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The genomic rate of adaptive evolution
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The role of positive darwinian selection in evolution at the molecular level has been keenly debated for many years, with little resolution. However, a recent increase in DNA sequence data and the development of new methods of analysis have finally made this question tractable. Here, I review the current state-of-play of the field. Initial estimates in Drosophila suggest that approximately 50% of all amino acid substitutions, and a substantial fraction of substitutions in non-coding DNA, have been fixed as a consequence of adaptive evolution. Estimates in microorganisms are even higher. By contrast, there is little evidence of widespread adaptive evolution in our own species.
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- Authors
- EYREWALKER, A.
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-10
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 569-575
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2160070700
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- 316
- References
- 56
- FWCI
- 16.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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