Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Aha!

It would seem that there is more positive selection in a large population than a small population, because statistically more beneficial mutations will arise and spread throughout the population. This seems logical.

Here is a link to Zhang's article on the human and chimpanzee genomes, which I admit is well beyond me as a mere chemist. :P

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