The role of epistatic gene interactions in the response to selection and the evolution of evolvability

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-196

  Carter, Ashley J R ^a   Hermisson, Joachim ^b   Hansen, Thomas F ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Evolvability; Gene interaction; Genetic architecture; Selection response

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SELECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 26244451173     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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