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Compensatory Evolution

Compensatory Evolution is a molecular adaptation mechanism in which a fitness cost imposed by a gene loss is mitigated through subsequent genetic changes that restore function or fitness without reversing the initial loss.

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335

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2017–2026

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178

Compensatory Mutations, Antibiotic Resistance and the Population Genetics of Adaptive Evolution in Bacteria

Bruce R. Levin, Véronique Perrot, Nina Walker · Genetics · 2000 · 647 citations · Full text

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Competition among body parts in the development and evolution of insect morphology

H. Frederik Nijhout, Douglas J. Emlen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 421 citations

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An Incompatibility between a Mitochondrial tRNA and Its Nuclear-Encoded tRNA Synthetase Compromises Development and Fitness in Drosophila

Colin D. Meiklejohn, Marissa A. Holmbeck, Mohammad A. Siddiq et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2013 · 294 citations · Full text

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The role of compensatory neutral mutations in molecular evolution

Journal of Genetics · 1985 · 288 citations

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Compensatory Evolution in Rifampin-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Mary G. Reynolds · Genetics · 2000 · 279 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DH
    Diarmaid Hughes

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    6 publications · 617 citations

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  2. GB
    Gerrit Brandis

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    5 publications · 356 citations

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  3. MA
    Michael A. Brockhurst

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 207 citations

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  4. JP
    James P. J. Hall

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 185 citations

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  5. FA
    Fyodor A. Kondrashov

    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain

    4 publications · 274 citations

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Institutions

335

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    590 citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    860 citations

  5. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. National Institute of Genetics

    Mishima, Japan

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Genetics

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. PLoS Genetics

    7 publications · 784 citations

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  5. Genome Biology and Evolution

    GBE · 6 publications · 378 citations

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