Evolutionary layering and the limits to cellular perfection

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

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18851-18856

  Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular evolution; Genetic load; Nonadaptive evolution; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84869212334     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216130109     Document Type: Article

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