concerted evolution and selection

John Grehan jrg13 at psu.edu
Sun Aug 29 23:01:22 EDT 1999


>Concerted evolution (i.e., molecular drive) cannot overpower natural
>selection expect with the latter is extremely week.

I have not and have never said or implied this (or if I wrote posted something
that appeared to say otherwise I need to be shot in the foot). The only
point I have
made is that such processes can lead to the spread of novelties in a species
without REQUIRING natural selection.

John Grehan




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