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In the Absence of Purifying and Positive Selection, the Ratio

Question 87

Question 87

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In the absence of purifying and positive selection, the ratio of the rate of synonymous substitutions to the rate of nonsynonymous substitutions should be near


A) 0.
B) 1/2.
C) 1.
D) 2.
E) infinity.

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