HuxleySep 20, 2023
I'VE JUST COME ACROSS THIS LITTLE GEM POSTED IN BIORXIV DURING THE SUMMER. EVERYTHING I LIKE #LEWONTINPARADOX #NEUTRALEVOLUTION #GENETICDRAFT #LONGRANGEHITCHHIKING #POPGEN WEAK GENETIC DRAFT AND THE LEWONTIN'S PARADOXBY GUILLAUME ACHAZ AND EMMANUEL SCHERTZER HTTPS://WWW.BIORXIV.ORG/CONTENT/10.1101/2023.07.19.549703V3 @couplingdmi
Nicolas BierneSep 20, 2023

I've just come across this little gem posted in BioRXiv during the summer. Everything I like #LewontinParadox #NeutralEvolution #GeneticDraft #LongRangeHitchhiking #PopGen @darwin

Weak genetic draft and the Lewontin's paradox

by Guillaume Achaz and Emmanuel Schertzer

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.19.549703v3

Fabio Barteri 🇵🇸Aug 11, 2023
This is interesting. How much of the #phenotype variation that we observe is the result of #neutralevolution? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967557/
Neutral Theory and Phenotypic Evolution

Although the neutral theory of molecular evolution was proposed to explain DNA and protein sequence evolution, in principle it could also explain phenotypic evolution. Nevertheless, overall, phenotypes should be less likely than genotypes to evolve neutrally. ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadrspDec 9, 2022

@arlin Can this be summarized by saying that mutation + genetic drift creates traits that may later be maintained by positive selection?

#NaturalSelection, #Darwinism, #GeneticDrift, #NeutralEvolution