Survival of the sparsest: Robust gene networks are parsimonious

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Leclerc, Robert D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Evolvability; Gene network; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 49449086368     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.52     Document Type: Article

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