On the evolution and development of morphological complexity: A view from gene regulatory networks.

How does morphological complexity evolve? This study suggests that the likelihood of mutations increasing phenotypic complexity becomes smaller when the phenotype itself is complex. In addition, the complexity of the genotype-phenotype map (GPM) also increases with the phenotypic complexity. We show...

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Main Authors: Pascal F Hagolani, Roland Zimm, Renske Vroomans, Isaac Salazar-Ciudad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008570