In a particular DNA sequence, nonsynonymous substitutions occurring at a lower rate than synonymous substitutions would be evidence for

a. neutral evolution.
b. negative selection.
c. genetic hitchhiking.
d. positive selection.
e. mutational bias.


Ans: b

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