I had always been under the impression that populations evolve. Individuals and genes do not. Then I was pointed to this paper, which is entitled "Molecular evolution of the rhodopsin gene of marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus", which appears to be quite specifically talking about the evolution of a single gene.
Is this because it's a different branch of evolution and there's an equivocation inherent in calling this "evolution" in the same sense as you would talk about horizontal gene transfer, is it a sloppy use of language, am I just wrong about evolution being something that happens on the population level, rather than to individuals or genes, or something else?
Is this because it's a different branch of evolution and there's an equivocation inherent in calling this "evolution" in the same sense as you would talk about horizontal gene transfer, is it a sloppy use of language, am I just wrong about evolution being something that happens on the population level, rather than to individuals or genes, or something else?
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