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For chromosome 13, a list of 78 genes was selected, most of which are within 2 Mb upstream or 2 Mb downstream of the peak LOD score (approximately 37 cM from the centromere).
Mutations that lead out of the valley onto a new fitness peak are, of course, beneficial mutations.
By 1852, at the peak of the mining boom, there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region, all fiercely individualistic, working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.
The three-tiered Pavilion of Ten Thousand Springs (Wanchunting), on the middle peak, offers an inspiring view over the glistening rooftops of the Imperial City, with the modern capital beyond.
Such effects have been observed in the analysis of courtship song as a consequence of the sampling rate; fluctuating values from one point to the next suggest periodicity in the range of the Nyquist frequency; for the song records in question and analysis of the pulse-rate fluctuations, 20-s periods, against a background of 10-s sampling intervals [ 21 ] . It is possible to assess quantitatively how likely a given peak in an autocorrelation can be the result of chance alone.