Multidimensional adaptive evolution of a feed-forward network and the illusion of compensation

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-65

  Bullaughey, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Epistasis; Gene regulation; Models simulations; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPISTASIS; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; TOPOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPISTASIS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84871966125     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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