title: Applications of selective neutrality tests to molecular ecology.
abstract: This paper reviews how statistical tests of neutrality have been used to address questions in molecular ecology are reviewed. The work consists of four major parts: a brief review of the current status of the neutral theory; a review of several particularly interesting examples of how statistical tests of neutrality have led to insight into ecological problems; a brief discussion of the pitfalls of assuming a strictly neutral model if it is false; and a discussion of some of the opportunities and problems that molecular ecologists face when using neutrality tests to study natural selection.
authors.affiliation: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Conservation Biology Division, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA. mike.ford@noaa.gov
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008967:Molecular Biology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012641:Selection, Genetic