Perspective: Evolution and Detection of Genetic Robustness

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1959-1972

  De Visser, J Arjan G M ^a   Hermisson, Joachim ^b   Wagner, Günter P ^c   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^d   Bagheri Chaichian, Homayoun ^e   Blanchard, Jeffrey L ^f   Chao, Lin ^g   Cheverud, James M ^h   Elena, Santiago F ⁱ   Fontana, Walter ^e   Gibson, Greg ^j   Hansen, Thomas F ^k   Krakauer, David ^e   Lewontin, Richard C ^l   Ofria, Charles ^m   Rice, Sean H ^c   Von Dassow, George ⁿ   Wagner, Andreas ^o   Whitlock, Michael C ^p  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^j NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Canalization; Environmental robustness; Epistasis; Evolvability; Genetic robustness

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 10744228524     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/02-750r     Document Type: Review

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