Nature Genetics
25, 3 - 4 (2000)
doi:10.1038/75560
Robustness—it's not where you think it isKen Wolfe
Department of Genetics, University of Dublin, Trinity
College, Dublin 2, Ireland, and School
of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales
2006, Australia. khwolfe@tcd.ie
A new study indicates that closely related genes in yeast may be
less redundant than expected. Instead, the stability of genetic networks—which
buffers the deleterious effect of mutations—may be due to the actions
of unrelated genes.
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