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The road to modularity.

Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Dec 2007

Wagner Günter P, Pavlicev Mihaela, Cheverud James M

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A network of interactions is called modular if it is subdivided into relatively autonomous, internally highly connected components. Modularity has emerged as a rallying point for research in developmental and evolutionary biology (and specifically evo-devo), as well as in molecular systems biology. Here we review the evidence for modularity and models about its origin. Although there is an emerging agreement that...

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PMID: 18007649
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2267

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