Robustness: mechanisms and consequences

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 395-403

  Masel, Joanna ^a   Siegal, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION;

EID: 69449106377     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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