Synthetic Biology: A Bridge Between Functional and Evolutionary Biology

Biological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Morange, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

constraints; directed evolution; leaps in evolution; modularity; synthetic experimental evolution; the real and the possible; tinkering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551575062     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/BIOT_a_00003     Document Type: Article

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