MOLECULAR STUDIES OF EVOLUTION: A SOURCE OF NOVEL STATISTICAL PROBLEMS*

摘要: Abstract The recently opened and rapidly developing field of evolution research, conducted on the level molecules, is a novel source interesting statistical probabilistic problems. biological studies are concerned with macromolecules which, in organisms as diverse Man, Monkey, Carp, Whale Yeast, perform similar functions have structures. apparently inconsequential differences among such homologous macromolecules, their sites frequencies, at base current efforts to establish lineages linking species studied common ancestor. nature problems originating from illustrated two tentative stochastic models “inconsequential” substitutions macromolecules.