A general framework of persistence strategies for biological systems helps explain domains of life

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Yafremava, Liudmila S ^a   Wielgos, Monica ^b   Thomas, Suravi ^b   Nasir, Arshan ^a   Wang, Minglei ^a   Mittenthal, Jay E ^b   Caetano Anollés, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Flexibility; Gap; Proteome evolution; Redundancy; Robustness; Scope; Umwelt

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84876164064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00016     Document Type: Article

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