中ちゅう立りつ説せつ

noun

neutral theory of molecular evolution

A scientific term in evolutionary biology. Refers to the theory that most evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused by random genetic drift of neutral mutations.

• 中ちゅう立りつ説せつは木き村むら資もと生おによって提てい唱しょうされた。

  The neutral theory was proposed by Motoo Kimura.

• 分ぶん子し進しん化かの中ちゅう立りつ説せつは、自し然ぜん選せん択たく説せつと対たい比ひされることが多おおい。

  The neutral theory of molecular evolution is often contrasted with the theory of natural selection.