Statistical mechanics of convergent evolution in spatial patterning

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

Volumn 106, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9564-9569

  Khatri, Bhavin S ^a,b   McLeish, Tom C B ^c,d   Sear, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness landscapes; Gene regulation; Genotype phenotype map; Mutational entropy; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67649845851     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812260106     Document Type: Article

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