hiebeler@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Dave Hiebeler) (12/09/90)
From the mid-70's to mid-80's (at least), there was some controversy over the diversity in amino acid sequences that had been compared between various creatures. Some people claimed that this diversity was merely the result of effectively neutral molecular evolution, while others claimed that selection was important for explaining the diversity. I have some articles which talk about this (a good review from '77 [1], and something from '85 [2], among others), but I'm wondering if there are any good articles (preferably good review articles) later than '83 or so on this topic. Is the debate still active? How has the ever-accumulating data affected it? Thanks for any suggestions... [1] Ewens, Warren J., "Population Genetics Theory in Relation to the Neutralist-Selectionist Controversy", in _Advances in Human Genetics_, H. Harris and K. Hirschhorn, eds., vol. 8 (Plenum Press, 1978). [2] Lewontin, Richard C., "Population Genetics", in _Annual Review of Genetics_, A. Campbell, I. Herskowitz, L. Sandler, eds., vol. 19 (Annual Reviews Inc., 1985) -- Dave Hiebeler | Internet: hiebeler@think.com Computer Science Dept., Amos Eaton Bldg.| hiebeler@turing.cs.rpi.edu RPI | Bitnet: userF3JL@rpitsmts Troy, NY 12180-3590 USA |