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Genotype-phenotype mapping developmental biology confronts the toolkit paradox.
International review of cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2009
Atallah Joel, Larsen Ellen
Abstract excerpt
The quest to understand the relationship between an organism's DNA sequence and three-dimensional form is an interdisciplinary task, integrating diverse fields of the life sciences. The relevance of the metaphor of a genotype-phenotype map is explored from a developmental perspective, in light of the recent concept of a "molecular toolkit" of protein-coding genes, and the widespread view that analyzing the logic...
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