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Crouching variation revealed.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2013
Siegal Mark L
Abstract excerpt
The term 'phenotypic capacitance' was introduced nearly 15 years ago to describe the strain-specific effects of impairing Hsp90, a molecular chaperone, in the fly Drosophila melanogaster (Rutherford & Lindquist 1998). In one genetic background, Hsp90 depletion caused deformed eyes, whereas in other genetic backgrounds, the wings or abdomens or other aspects of morphology were affected. Hsp90 was therefore viewed...
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