Sexual reproduction selects for robustness and negative epistasis in artificial gene networks.

Azevedo, Ricardo B R; Lohaus, Rolf; Srinivasan, Suraj; Dang, Kristen K; Burch, Christina L

Azevedo, Ricardo B R; Lohaus, Rolf; Srinivasan, Suraj; Dang, Kristen K; Burch, Christina L.

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Azevedo RB; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001, USA. razevedo@uh.edu

Nature ; 440(7080): 87-90, 2006 Mar 02.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16511495

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Biological Evolution; Epistasis, Genetic; Genes, Synthetic/genetics; Models, Genetic; Reproduction/genetics; Selection, Genetic; Sex; Animals; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics; Genotype; Mutation/genetics

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Reproduction / Selection, Genetic / Sex / Epistasis, Genetic / Biological Evolution / Genes, Synthetic / Models, Genetic Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Nature Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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