Coevolution Drives the Emergence of Complex Traits and Promotes Evolvability

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Zaman, Luis ^a,b   Meyer, Justin R ^c   Devangam, Suhas ^d   Bryson, David M ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a,e   Ofria, Charles ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COEVOLUTION; COMPLEX TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924050676     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002023     Document Type: Article

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