This change was made on the evidence of molecular evolution.
In recent years this has focus on molecular evolution of protein families.
He was known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968.
Review Article on the molecular evolution of the electric organ.
How such preferences arise is a much debated area of molecular evolution.
"A test of neutral molecular evolution based on nucleotide data".
Many of his scientific papers have focused on molecular evolution, using viruses as a model system.
Later in his career he was a significant researcher in the field of molecular evolution.
Molecular evolution gives rise to families of related proteins with similar sequence and structure.
Martin is a distinguished and sometimes controversial contributor to the field of molecular evolution.