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Z S's List: Natural Selection - Senses

  • Apr 11, 09

    genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD020881.html

    • Genes that had higher mutation rates than the expected background rate for each species (termed positive selection) were thought likely to have offered a survival advantage

      • Genes that are prone to mutations allow the specie to develop positive mutations, or mutations which help with fitness.

    • Three out of 21 hearing genes tested showed high levels of positive selection in the human lineage
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