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The formulator of this theory created namesake “two-parameter” and “three-parameter” distances compatible with it. So long as “the absolute value of 2 N sub E times s” is less than 1, this theory holds for things that don’t “strictly” have its namesake property. This theory replaced a “balance hypothesis” based on overdominance in order to explain a dilemma that intensity is only 1 per 300 generations. Using a “fixed model,” Tomoko Ohta developed a (*) “nearly” modification of this theory. In this theory, the genetic fixation probability equals 1 over 2 times the population size, and the mutant substitution rate equals the gamete mutation rate, (10[1])thus explaining the constancy of the “molecular clock.” For 10 (10[1])points, name this theory (10[1])formulated by Motoo Kimura, which posits that most allele changes occur due to genetic drift and that most molecular evolution causes no change to fitness. ■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: neutral theory of molecular evolution [accept nearly neutral theory; prompt on molecular clock before read] (The third line refers to Haldane’s dilemma.)
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Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha10310
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Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryas rational as the square root of two power bottoms1430
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