Proportionality between variances in gene expression induced by noise and mutation: consequence of evolutionary robustness

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Characterization of robustness and plasticity of phenotypes is a basic issue in evolutionary and developmental biology. The robustness and plasticity are concerned with changeability of a biological system against external perturbati...

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Main Author: Kaneko Kunihiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/27