The role of robustness in phenotypic adaptation and innovation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1249-1258

  Wagner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Genotype networks; Genotype space

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INNOVATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN;

EID: 84857510399     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2293     Document Type: Review

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