Gene expression evolves under a house-of-cards model of stabilizing selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2130-2140

  Hodgins Davis, Andrea ^a   Rice, Daniel P ^a,b   Townsend, Jeffrey P ^a   Novembre, John ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gene expression; House of Cards; Quantitative genomics; Regulatory evolution; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BUDDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MODEL; MUTATION ACCUMULATION; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84964592973     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv094     Document Type: Article

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