Exploring phenotype space through neutral evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-169

  Huynen, Martijn A ^a,b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Fitness landscape; Genotype phenotype relation; Neutral Evolution; RNA secondary structure; Sequence space

Indexed keywords

RNA;

EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029791455     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338823     Document Type: Review

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