Degeneracy allows for both apparent homogeneity and diversification in populations

BioSystems

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Whitacre, James M ^a   Atamas, Sergei P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cryptic genetic variation; Degeneracy; Evolvability; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CRYPTIC GENETIC VARIATION; DEGENERACY; DEGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84866301877     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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