Genotypes and Phenotypes in the Evolution of Molecules

Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 121-152

  Schuster, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypes, DNA or RNA sequences with epigenetic and environmental influences and phenotype unfolding; Molecular repertoire evolution genotypes and phenotypes in molecule evolution; RNA sequences and secondary structures modeling fitness landscapes of evolutionary optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952278563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470570418.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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