Molecular Evolution Activities

1962
Freese and Sueoka Recognize Neutral Molecular Evolution
Freese and Sueoka propose neutral mutations to explain the difference between frequencies of amino acids and nucleotides.

E. Freese. 9162. On the evolution of basse composition of DNA. Journal of Theoretical Biology 3: 82-101.

N. Sueoka. 1962. On the genetic basis of variation and heterogeneity of DNA base composition. PNAS 48: 166-69.

From James Crow's Top Ten List of Significant Events in Molecular Evolution
--Michael Dietrich