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Specific counter-examples are derived theoretically to the hypothesis that a random amino acid composition signifies a random evolutionary process.
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Gatlin, L.L. Counter-examples to a neutralist hypothesis. J Mol Evol 7, 185–195 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731488
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