Article
Stochasticity in the Genotype-Phenotype Map: Implications for the Robustness and Persistence of Bet-Hedging.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Nichol Daniel, Robertson-Tessi Mark, Jeavons Peter, Anderson Alexander R A
Abstract excerpt
Nongenetic variation in phenotypes, or bet-hedging, has been observed as a driver of drug resistance in both bacterial infections and cancers. Here, we study how bet-hedging emerges in genotype-phenotype (GP) mapping through a simple interaction model: a molecular switch. We use simple chemical reaction networks to implement stochastic switches that map gene products to phenotypes, and investigate the impact of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
