Genes as cues: phenotypic integration of genetic and epigenetic information from a Darwinian perspective

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 327-333

  Dall, Sasha R X ^a   McNamara, John M ^a,b   Leimar, Olof ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Environmental cues; Epigenetic effects; Genetic cues; Information

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84931007496     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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