Matt joins Nels and Vincent to discuss the neutral theory of evolution and its rejection in light of genome-scale data.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Matt Hahn
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- Hahn Lab 1:24, 4:04
- Molecular Population Genetics by Matt Hahn 14:02
- Neutral theory in light of natural selection (Mol Biol Evol) 17:54
- Neutral Sequence Fallacy (Assembly of Fragments) 24:45
- Splendor and misery of adaptation (BMC Biol) 34:55
- Image credit 38:23
- Letters read on TWiEVO 32 1:02:40
Science Picks 1:10:35
Nels – Inaugural Transposon Day
Vincent – How many human genes?
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