The evolution of evolvability in genetic linkage patterns.

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A number of factors have been proposed that may affect the capacity for an evolutionary system to generate adaptation. One that has received little recent attention among biologists is linkage patterns, or the ordering of genes on chromosomes. In this study, a simple model of genetic interactions, implemented in an evolutionary simulation, demonstrates that clustering of epistatically interacting genes increases...

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