neutral theory

neutral theory
The theory that much of evolution has been primarily due to random drift of neutral mutations.

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  • Neutral theory — may refer to one of these two related theories: the neutral theory of molecular evolution; or the unified neutral theory of biodiversity. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • neutral theory — “neutral” theory. См. теория нейтральных мутаций. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Neutral theory of molecular evolution — The neutral theory of molecular evolution states that the vast majority of evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused by random drift of selectively neutral mutants (not affecting fitness).[1] The theory was introduced by Motoo Kimura …   Wikipedia

  • Unified neutral theory of biodiversity — The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography (here Unified Theory or UNTB ) is a theory and the title of a monograph [http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7105.html] by ecologist Stephen Hubbell. The theory aims to explain the… …   Wikipedia

  • Nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution — The nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution is a modification of the neutral theory of molecular evolution that accounts for slightly advantageous or deleterious mutations at the molecular level. The nearly neutral theory was proposed by… …   Wikipedia

  • The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution — is an influential monograph written in 1983 by Japanese evolutionary biologist Motoo Kimura. While the neutral theory has been there since his article in 1968, Kimura felt the need to write a monograph with up to date information and evidences… …   Wikipedia

  • neutral mutation theory — neutral mutation theory. = neutral theory (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Neutral — For Neutral Point of View on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:NPOV. Neutral and neutrality may mean the following: Contents 1 Natural science 2 Social science 3 Other 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Neutral mutation — In genetics, a neutral mutation is a mutation that has no effect on fitness. In other words, it is neutral with respect to natural selection. For example, some mutations in a DNA triplet or codon do not change which amino acid is introduced: this …   Wikipedia

  • Neutral monism — Neutral monism, in philosophy, is the metaphysical view that the mental and the physical are two ways of organizing or describing the same elements, which are themselves neutral, that is, neither physical nor mental. This view denies that the… …   Wikipedia

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