Development of neutral and nearly neutral theories
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Development of neutral and nearly neutral theories
zbMATH Open document ID: 0855.92017
author: Tomoko Ohta
author: John H. Gillespie
published in: Theoretical Population Biology
publication date: 1997-01-28T00:00:00Z
review text: We provide a short history of the development of neutral theories of molecular evolution, with emphasis on the early contributions of Motoo Kimura and on the subsequent development of the nearly neutral model, which is the version of the neutral theory that has been able to explain the widest range of phenomena. As this short history demonstrates, population genetics has made remarkable strides in understanding both the phenomenology and the theoretical models of molecular evolution. However, it also demonstrates that we have yet to find a mechanistic theory of molecular evolution that can readily account for all of the phenomenology. Thus, while the 1990s will most likely be a decade dominated by the gathering of data, we would like to call attention to a looming crisis as theoretical investigations lag behind the phenomenology. Perhaps 1990s can also be a decade of joint exploration of all viable models of molecular evolution.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A65
zbMATH DE Number: 885030
zbMATH Keywords: development of neutral theories of molecular evolution
zbMATH Keywords: Motoo Kimura
zbMATH Keywords: nearly neutral model
zbMATH Keywords: population genetics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: tpbi.1996.0007
OpenAlex ID: W2104549437
Wikidata QID: Q28290483
DOI: 10.1006/TPBI.1996.0007
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 885030