Pervasive joint influence of epistasis and plasticity on mutational effects in Escherichia coli

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-426

  Remold, Susanna K ^a,b   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1842483226     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1324     Document Type: Article

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