2008
Pleiotropic scaling of gene effects and the ‘cost of complexity’
Wagner GP, Kenney-Hunt JP, Pavlicev M, Peck JR, Waxman D, Cheverud JM. Pleiotropic scaling of gene effects and the ‘cost of complexity’. Nature 2008, 452: 470-472. PMID: 18368117, DOI: 10.1038/nature06756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative trait lociEffects of pleiotropyOrganismal complexityGenetic sequence dataHigher organismsEvolutionary biologyTrait lociMouse genomeSequence dataBiology questionsSkeletal traitsGene effectsMost mutationsCost of complexityGenetic mutationsTraitsMutationsMultiple effectsGenomeSkeletal characteristicsPleiotropyLociPleiotropicOrganismsBiology
2001
Epistasis and the Mutation Load: A Measurement-Theoretical Approach
Hansen T, Wagner G. Epistasis and the Mutation Load: A Measurement-Theoretical Approach. Genetics 2001, 158: 477-485. PMID: 11333254, PMCID: PMC1461645, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/158.1.477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutation-selection equilibriumGene interactionsEpistatic interactionsMutation loadStrength of epistasisMutation-selection balanceGenomic mutation rateHigher-order gene interactionsSynergistic epistasisMean fitnessOptimal genotypeEpistatic effectsTwofold disadvantageEpistasisMutation rateGenetic backgroundSynergistic interactionSystematic relationshipGenesLociInteraction intensityInteractionFitnessInteraction densityGenotypesModeling Genetic Architecture: A Multilinear Theory of Gene Interaction
Hansen T, Wagner G. Modeling Genetic Architecture: A Multilinear Theory of Gene Interaction. Theoretical Population Biology 2001, 59: 61-86. PMID: 11243929, DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-phenotype mapGene interactionsQuantitative genetic variationEffects of epistasisGenetic canalizationGenetic experimentsGenetic variationGene substitutionGenetic backgroundEpistasisTractable modelComplex functionsCentral importanceLociBiologyCanalizationPhenotypeGenotypesInteractionSum of linear
1998
Genetic measurement theory of epistatic effects
Wagner G, Laubichler M, Bagheri-Chaichian H. Genetic measurement theory of epistatic effects. Genetica 1998, 102-103: 569-580. PMID: 9766965, DOI: 10.1023/a:1017088321094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpistatic effectsGenotype-phenotype mapMendelian genetic systemMathematical population geneticsAverage additive effectPairs of lociGenetic architecturePopulation geneticsEvolutionary changeEvolutionary phenomenaGenetic systemGenotypic varianceMetabolic fluxSecond locusEpistasisGene substitutionMutation effectsAdditive effectAdult body weightGene effectsSecond mutationLocus BLociMutationsNegative interactionsGenetic measurement theory of epistatic effects
Wagner G, Laubichler M, Bagheri-Chaichian H. Genetic measurement theory of epistatic effects. Contemporary Issues In Genetics And Evolution 1998, 7: 569-580. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5210-5_43.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpistatic effectsGenotype-phenotype mapMendelian genetic systemMathematical population geneticsAverage additive effectPairs of lociGenetic architecturePopulation geneticsEvolutionary changeEvolutionary phenomenaGenetic systemGenotypic varianceMetabolic fluxSecond locusEpistasisGene substitutionMutation effectsAdditive effectAdult body weightGene effectsSecond mutationLocus BLociMutationsNegative interactions
1985
On the evolution of dominance modifiers II: a non-equilibrium approach to the evolution of genetic systems
Wagner G, Bürger R. On the evolution of dominance modifiers II: a non-equilibrium approach to the evolution of genetic systems. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 1985, 113: 475-500. PMID: 3999784, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5193(85)80034-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research