Genetic and environment-induced pathways to innovation: On the possibility of a universal relationship between robustness and adaptation in complex biological systems

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 965-975

  Whitacre, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Cryptic genetic variation; Ecological inheritance; Entropic barriers; Evolution theory; Evolvability; Fitness barriers; Genetic accommodation; Genetic assimilation; Neutral evolution theory; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRYPSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 80052267077     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9464-z     Document Type: Article

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