Analysis of epistatic interactions and fitness landscapes using a new geometric approach

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Beerenwinkel, Niko ^a   Pachter, Lior ^b   Sturmfels, Bernd ^b   Elena, Santiago F ^c   Lenski, Richard E ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^d Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENOTYPE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34247881991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-60     Document Type: Article

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