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Synthetic lethal analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans posterior embryonic patterning genes identifies conserved genetic interactions.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2005
Baugh L Ryan, Wen Joanne C, Hill Andrew A, Slonim Donna K, Brown Eugene L, Hunter Craig P
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic robustness is evidenced when single-gene mutations do not result in an obvious phenotype. It has been suggested that such phenotypic stability results from 'buffering' activities of homologous genes as well as non-homologous genes acting in parallel pathways. One approach to characterizing mechanisms of phenotypic robustness is to identify genetic interactions, specifically, double mutants where...
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