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The evolution of genetic architecture. I. Diversification of genetic backgrounds by genetic drift.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2005
de Brito Reinaldo A, Pletscher L Susan, Cheverud James M
Abstract excerpt
The genetic architecture of a phenotype plays a critical role in determining phenotypic evolution through its effects on patterns of genetic variation. Genetic architecture is often considered to be constant in evolutionary quantitative genetic models. However, genetic architecture may be variable and itself evolve when there are dominance and epistatic interactions among alleles at the same and different loci,...
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