The genomic landscape of compensatory evolution.

Adaptive evolution is generally assumed to progress through the accumulation of beneficial mutations. However, as deleterious mutations are common in natural populations, they generate a strong selection pressure to mitigate their detrimental effects through compensatory genetic changes. This proces...

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Main Authors: Béla Szamecz, Gábor Boross, Dorottya Kalapis, Károly Kovács, Gergely Fekete, Zoltán Farkas, Viktória Lázár, Mónika Hrtyan, Patrick Kemmeren, Marian J A Groot Koerkamp, Edit Rutkai, Frank C P Holstege, Balázs Papp, Csaba Pál
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25157590/?tool=EBI