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Genome rewired

Within a genome, genes are connected to each other through a complex network of interactions. One way to assess how robust and evolvable such genomic networks are is to introduce new links between unrelated genes.

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Figure 1: Intra-network communication.

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Bennett, M., Hasty, J. Genome rewired. Nature 452, 824–825 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452824a

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