The causes of epistasis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1725, 2011, Pages 3617-3624

  de Visser, J Arjan G M ^a   Cooper, Tim F ^b   Elena, Santiago F ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Evolvability; Pleiotropy; Robustness

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC DRIFT; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 80855127462     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1537     Document Type: Review

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