The Dynamics Of Developmental System Drift In The Gene Network Underlying Wing Polyphenism In Ants: A Mathematical Model

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The Dynamics Of Developmental System Drift In The Gene Network Underlying Wing
Polyphenism In Ants: A Mathematical Model, Evol. & Dev.
 









Excerpt: Understanding the complex interaction between genotype and phenotype is
a major challenge of Evolutionary Developmental Biology. One important facet of
this complex interaction has been called "Developmental System Drift" (DSD). DSD
occurs when a similar phenotype, which is homologous across a group of related
species, is produced by different genes or gene expression patterns in each of
these related species. We constructed a mathematical model to explore the
developmental and evolutionary dynamics of DSD in the gene network underlying
wing polyphenism in ants. Wing polyphenism in ants is the ability of an embryo
to develop into a winged queen or a wingless worker (...).
Source: The Dynamics Of Developmental System Drift In The Gene Network
Underlying Wing Polyphenism In Ants: A Mathematical Model[
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00244.x ], M.
Nahmad - ehab.abouheifmcgill.ca, L. Glass, E. Abouheif, DOI:
10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00244.x, Evolution & Development, May-Jun. 2008,
online 2008/05/04
Contributed by Pritha Das - prithadas01yahoo.com

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