中ちゅう立りつ進しん化か説せつ

noun

neutral theory of molecular evolution

A technical term in evolutionary biology, proposed by Motoo Kimura. It posits that most genetic mutations are selectively neutral and that genetic drift, rather than natural selection, is the primary driver of molecular evolution.

• 中ちゅう立りつ進しん化か説せつは、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 of molecular evolution was proposed by Motoo Kimura.

• 中ちゅう立りつ進しん化か説せつによれば、多おおくの突とつ然ぜん変へん異いは自し然ぜん淘とう汰たに対たいして中ちゅう立りつである。

  According to the neutral theory, many mutations are neutral with respect to natural selection.