Synthetic biology of phenotypic adaptation in vertebrates: The next frontier

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1495-1499

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ancestral phenotypes; molecular adaptation; phenotypic adaptation; visual pigments

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ANCESTRAL PHENOTYPES; MOLECULAR ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC ADAPTATION; VISUAL PIGMENTS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879349129     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst075     Document Type: Review

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