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Counter-examples to a neutralist hypothesis

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Specific counter-examples are derived theoretically to the hypothesis that a random amino acid composition signifies a random evolutionary process.

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  1. Lila L. Gatlin

    Present address: Department of Genetics, University of California, 95616, Davis, Cal., USA

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Gatlin, L.L. Counter-examples to a neutralist hypothesis. J Mol Evol 7, 185–195 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731488

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