Mutation rate

is the number of mutations occurring in the given position per time unit for all the members of the population – compare with the substitution rate.

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The classical Darwinian theory of evolution can explain the evolution of adaptive traits only in asexual organisms. The frozen plasticity theory is much more general: It can also explain the origin and evolution of adaptive traits in both asexual and sexual organisms Read more