Molecular Evolution Activities
 

This is a comprehensive bibliography (under construction) of primary and secondary sources on the neutral theory of molecular evolution. It currently covers the period 1973-2001.

Author :

Ohta, T.

Year :

1993

Title :

Amino-Acid Substitution at the Adh Locus of Drosophila Is Facilitated by Small Population-Size

Journal :

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume :

90

Issue :

10

Pages :

4548-4551

Date :

May 15

Short Title :

Amino-Acid Substitution at the Adh Locus of Drosophila Is Facilitated by Small Population-Size

Alternate Journal :

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.

Custom 2 :

ISI:A1993LC72000048

Abstract :

The number of amino acid replacement substitutions and that of synonymous substitutions are examined by using DNA sequences of the Adh locus of Drosophila. The ratio of replacement to synonymous substitutions is higher in sequence comparisons between species than in polymorphisms within species. The ratio for the between-species comparisons is highest in the Hawaiian group and lowest in the obscura group. These observations suggest that amino acid substitutions are facilitated by small population size. The result is in accord with the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution.

Notes :

Times Cited: 27 LC720 PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA
 -- contributed by John Beatty, March 29, 2002