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It is proposed that random genetic drift of neutral mutations in finite populations can account for observed protein polymorphisms.
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KIMURA, M., OHTA, T. Protein Polymorphism as a Phase of Molecular Evolution. Nature 229, 467–469 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229467a0
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