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From: hiebeler@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Dave Hiebeler)
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Subject: Recent Neutralist-Selectionist controversy literature
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Date: 9 Dec 90 03:11:26 GMT
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  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)
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