John H. McDonald

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John H. McDonald by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Evolutionary biologist who, with Martin Kreitman, compared synonymous and amino acid-changing differences within and between Drosophila species. Their 1991 analysis supplied a statistical test of neutral evolution: under the proposed neutral baseline, the two kinds of difference should occur in the same ratio within and between species.[ref]

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