Evolution of functional specialization and division of labor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rueffler, Claus ^a   Hermisson, Joachim ^a,b   Wagner, Günter P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Fitness landscape; Saddle point

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; DIVISION OF LABOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, DUPLICATE; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857137319     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110521109     Document Type: Article

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