Wiring for independence: Positive feedback motifs facilitate individuation of traits in development and evolution

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-113

  Pavličev, Mihaela ^a   Widder, Stefanie ^b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ISAAC NEWTON INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84925292778     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22612     Document Type: Note

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