The evolutionary origins of modularity.

doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2863

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The evolutionary origins of modularity.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Mar 2013

Clune Jeff, Mouret Jean-Baptiste, Lipson Hod

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A central biological question is how natural organisms are so evolvable (capable of quickly adapting to new environments). A key driver of evolvability is the widespread modularity of biological networks--their organization as functional, sparsely connected subunits--but there is no consensus regarding why modularity itself evolved. Although most hypotheses assume indirect selection for evolvability, here we...

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PMID: 23363632
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2863
PMCID: PMC3574393

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