Biological Information - Positive Selection 1-10-2015 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2015-01-10

In the book "Biological Information: New Perspectives" the chapter entitled "Selection Threshold Severely Constrains Capture of Beneficial Mutations" looks at the efficacy of natural selection to improve a genome using a program called Mendel's Accountant. In most cases natural selection does not appear to be sufficiently effective to do the job.

1. Marks, R. J. II et al. 2013. Biological Information: New Perspectives. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. - Chapter available at http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789814508728_0011 - Book available in sections at http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8818#t=toc
2. http://mendelsaccount.sourceforge.net

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