Interlocus variation of genetic distance and the neutral mutation theory.
Theoretical distributions of genetic distance between reproductively isolated taxa are derived by means of computer simulation, taking into account mutation and random genetic drift. The distributions obtained are in good agreement with the observed distributions of interracial and interspecific genetic distances for enzymes loci in Drosophila. This indicates that the gene substitution at enzyme loci can be explained by the neutral mutation theory.
D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003201:Computers; D004330:Drosophila; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005796:Genes; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006579:Heterozygote; D008433:Mathematics; D009154:Mutation; D011336:Probability