Balancing robustness and evolvability

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2190-2192

  Lenski, Richard E ^a   Barrick, Jeffrey E ^c   Ofria, Charles ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTATION;

EID: 33845487715     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040428     Document Type: Short Survey

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