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Evolvability

Evolvability is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that denotes the capacity of a genetic system to generate and maintain heritable phenotypic variation amenable to natural selection, thereby enabling adaptive evolution.

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PERSPECTIVE: COMPLEX ADAPTATIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF EVOLVABILITY

Günter P. Wagner, Lee Altenberg · Evolution · 1996 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Protein stability promotes evolvability

Jesse D. Bloom, Sy T. Labthavikul, Christopher R. Otey et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Perspective: Complex Adaptations and the Evolution of Evolvability

Günter P. Wagner, Lee Altenberg · Evolution · 1996 · 881 citations

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Heritable variation and evolution under favourable and unfavourable conditions

Ary A. Hoffmann, Juha Merilä, Juha Merilä · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1999 · 778 citations

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Measuring and comparing evolvability and constraint in multivariate characters

Thomas F. Hansen, David Houle · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 2008 · 734 citations

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Authors

887

  1. TF
    Thomas F. Hansen

    University of Oslo, Norway

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. GP
    Günter P. Wagner

    Yale University, United States

    9 publications · 3K citations

    9

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  3. CP
    Christophe Pélabon

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

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  4. JL
    Joel Lehman

    University of Central Florida, United States

    6 publications · 199 citations

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  5. AW
    Andreas Wagner

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    6 publications · 962 citations

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Institutions

485

  1. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    3K citations

  5. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    805 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. Santa Fe Institute

    Santa Fe, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Evolution

    19 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 11 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 438 citations

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  4. Nature Communications

    8 publications · 430 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 8 publications · 1.8K citations

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