The Probable Mutation Effect: Neutral Alleles and Structural Reduction

Document Type

Article

Authors

Robert C. Williams, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

Neutral alleles, in the Kimura and Ohta sense of neutral, because of their low mutation rates, their slow evolution by random genetic drift, and their benign effect on the structure and function of protein, cannot participate in the reduction of hominid phenotypic traits during the upper Pliocene and the Pleistocene.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Robert C. (1978) "The Probable Mutation Effect: Neutral Alleles and Structural Reduction," Human Biology: Vol. 50: Iss. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol50/iss2/9