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Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Antony M. Dean & Joseph W. Thornton

Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 675-688 (September 2007)

doi:10.1038/nrg2160

Figure 1 - Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Figure 1

Evolution of insecticide resistance by a single amino-acid change.

Figure 2 - Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Figure 2

Evolution of spectral sensitivity in vertebrate opsins.

Figure 3 - Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Figure 3

Uphill adaptive walks among amino-acid replacements in the adaptive landscape of TEM beta-lactamase.

Figure 4 - Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Figure 4

Constraint and opportunity in the evolution of coenzyme use by paralogous dehydrogenases.

Figure 5 - Mechanistic approaches to the study of evolution: the functional synthesis

Figure 5

Evolution of corticosteroid-receptor specificity.