Professor Alpan Raval (CGU) has published “Molecular Clock on a Neutral Network” in the prestigious Physical Review Letters
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August 2007Professor Alpan Raval has published a ground-breaking work entitled “Molecular Clock on a Neutral Network” in the prestigious Physical Review Letters. Biologists and Scientific Historians use the number of mutations in the genes of a species to put dates on evolutionary history. This “molecular clock” is now known to deviate from previously held theories, leading to larger-than-expected errors. Raval’s paper provides an explanation for these clock errors and places precise mathematical estimates on their variation. More information, along with some peer comments, may be found at the Physical Review Focus site or in CGU's press release.