The opportunity for canalization and the evolution of genetic networks

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-162

  Proulx, Stephen R ^a   Phillips, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fitness load; Genetic network; Population genetics; Redundancy; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 13944272337     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426873     Document Type: Article

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