Talk:Negative selection (natural selection)

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Latest comment: 14 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Shouldn't this article just be merged into purifying selection? --24.11.177.133 23:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

I decided against this merger, see the stabilizing selection talk page for my reasoning. -Madeleine 18:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

except wait, purifying selection is negative selection, not stabilizing selection -- whoops! Natisto (talk) 17:48, 5 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

Purifying selection in humans

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Here's a recent article on how purifying selection has separated favorable traits in humans from mutation. An example given is the color vision in the retina of the eye. Shaded0 (talk) 02:23, 4 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

http://www.economist.com/node/21562185

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