If you had short orthologous gene sequences from a few different species, is there a different way you could determine gene sequences?
If you had short orthologous gene sequences from a few different species, is there a different way you could determine gene sequences?
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A researcher has obtained the following counts of mutations by comparing DNA sequences from two different species and by comparing DNA sequences from two different species and by comparing a set of DNA sequences sampled from several individuals within the same species:
Syn | Nonsyn. | |
Polymorphism | 16 | 12 |
Divergence | 8 | 24 |
A) Using only Divergence data, is there evidence of positive selection for amino acid change?
B) Use these data to perform a McDonald-Kreitman test.
C) Is there evidence of natural selection in this gene? Why?
D) Which of the following factors might explain the results and why?
a) Recurrent positive selection
b) Negative selection
c) Balancing selection
d) Neutrality
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