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Drift-barrier Hypothesis

The Drift-Barrier Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in population genetics that posits natural selection is constrained in its ability to optimize molecular mechanisms when the power of genetic drift overwhelms weak selective forces, thereby setting a limit on the precision of molecular adaptation.

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2017–2026

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Drift-barrier hypothesis and mutation-rate evolution

Way Sung, Matthew S. Ackerman, Samuel F. Miller et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 448 citations · Full text

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Mammals and the nature of continents

G. G. Simpson · American Journal of Science · 1943 · 393 citations · Full text

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Evolution of the germline mutation rate across vertebrates

Lucie A. Bergeron, Søren Besenbacher, Jiao Zheng et al. · Nature · 2023 · 360 citations · Full text

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Factors driving effective population size and pan-genome evolution in bacteria

Louis‐Marie Bobay, Howard Ochman · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2018 · 166 citations · Full text

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Simplified Drift Analysis for Proving Lower Bounds in Evolutionary Computation

Pietro S. Oliveto, Carsten Witt · Algorithmica · 2010 · 139 citations

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Authors

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  1. ML
    Michael Lynch

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    5 publications · 604 citations

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  2. WS
    Way Sung

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 462 citations

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  3. SF
    Samuel F. Miller

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 519 citations

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  4. FB
    Florian Bénitière

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. JM
    Joanna Masel

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    558 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    160 citations

  3. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    Villeurbanne, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

  5. Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive

    Villeurbanne, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

  6. Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    360 citations

  7. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Feira de Santana, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    166 citations

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  1. Nature Communications

    3 publications · 214 citations

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  2. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

    TREE · 2 publications · 105 citations

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  3. eLife

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 486 citations

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    1 publications · 17 citations

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