Re: Part 1 (of 3): What are major aspects of evolutionary theory?



> Most sites in the human genome are evolving neutrally.

Now that the haplotype map is out, I have a question: What are the
statistics of haplotype blocks in regard to neutral vs. non-neutral
evolution? I.e. which haplotype blocks contain at least one selected
gene within it, forcing the entire block to evolve in accord with that
gene, and which haplotype blocks don't contain any selected gene at
all, allowing the entire block to drift randomly without any
constraint? What are the statistics of these two kinds of blocks? For
example, are the lengths of blocks statistically the same between the
two kinds of blocks, and then in total 80% of the blocks are devoid of
any active selection site while all the active selection sites are
concentrated within the remaining 20%? So then 80% of sites are within
those 80% neutral blocks while 20% of sites are within the 20% actively
selected blocks?
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