Maladaptation and the paradox of robustness in evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Frank, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALADJUSTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; GENETIC SELECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42449117498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001021     Document Type: Article

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