Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 From Lamarck to population genetics
- 2 Overdevelopment of the synthetic theory and the proposal of the neutral theory
- 3 The neutral mutation-random drift hypothesis as an evolutionary paradigm
- 4 Molecular evolutionary rates contrasted with phenotypic evolutionary rates
- 5 Some features of molecular evolution
- 6 Definition, types and action of natural selection
- 7 Molecular structure, selective constraint and the rate of evolution
- 8 Population genetics at the molecular level
- 9 Maintenance of genetic variability at the molecular level
- 10 Summary and conclusion
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 From Lamarck to population genetics
- 2 Overdevelopment of the synthetic theory and the proposal of the neutral theory
- 3 The neutral mutation-random drift hypothesis as an evolutionary paradigm
- 4 Molecular evolutionary rates contrasted with phenotypic evolutionary rates
- 5 Some features of molecular evolution
- 6 Definition, types and action of natural selection
- 7 Molecular structure, selective constraint and the rate of evolution
- 8 Population genetics at the molecular level
- 9 Maintenance of genetic variability at the molecular level
- 10 Summary and conclusion
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution , pp. 361 - 367Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983