The dynamics of developmental system drift in the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in ants: a mathematical model.

doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00244.x

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The dynamics of developmental system drift in the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in ants: a mathematical model.

Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000

Nahmad Marcos, Glass Leon, Abouheif Ehab

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Understanding the complex interaction between genotype and phenotype is a major challenge of Evolutionary Developmental Biology. One important facet of this complex interaction has been called "Developmental System Drift" (DSD). DSD occurs when a similar phenotype, which is homologous across a group of related species, is produced by different genes or gene expression patterns in each of these related species. We...

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Animals
Ants
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Gene Regulatory Networks
Genotype
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Wings, Animal

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PMID: 18460097
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00244.x

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