Relationship among phenotypic plasticity, phenotypic fluctuations, robustness and evolvability; Waddington's legacy revisited under the spirit of Einstein

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-542

  Kaneko, Kunihiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolvability; Genetic assimilation; Phenotypic fluctuation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 70849108984     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0072-9     Document Type: Review

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