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Genetic and environmental factors affecting cryptic variations in gene regulatory networks.
BMC evolutionary biology - 26 Apr 2013
Iwasaki Watal M, Tsuda Masaki E, Kawata Masakado
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cryptic genetic variation (CGV) is considered to facilitate phenotypic evolution by producing visible variations in response to changes in the internal and/or external environment. Several mechanisms enabling the accumulation and release of CGVs have been proposed. In this study, we focused on gene regulatory networks (GRNs) as an important mechanism for producing CGVs, and examined how interactions...
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