Evolutionary dynamics, epistatic interactions, and biological information

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 584-594

  Strelioff, Christopher C ^a,b   Lenski, Richard E ^a   Ofria, Charles ^b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Fitness landscapes; Information theory; Modularity; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955350757     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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