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By using the start codon AUG as a guidepost, researchers can determine whether substitutio...

By using the start codon AUG as a guidepost, researchers can determine whether substitutions in pseudogenes correspond to silent changes or replacement changes. In contrast to most other loci, the rate of silent and replacement changes is identical in pseudogenes. Explain this observation in light of the neutral theory of evolution.

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