The evolutionary origins of modularity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1755, 2013, Pages

  Clune, Jeff ^a,b   Mouret, Jean Baptiste ^c   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Evolvability; Modularity; Networks; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEUROLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 84879052409     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2863     Document Type: Article

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