The theory of facilitated variation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 8582-8589

  Gerhart, John ^a   Kirschner, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved genes; Phenotypic variation; Physiological adaptability; Regulatory change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; THEORY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547402660     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701035104     Document Type: Article

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