2009
Measuring Evolutionary Constraints Through the Dimensionality of the Phenotype: Adjusted Bootstrap Method to Estimate Rank of Phenotypic Covariance Matrices
Pavlicev M, Wagner G, Cheverud J. Measuring Evolutionary Constraints Through the Dimensionality of the Phenotype: Adjusted Bootstrap Method to Estimate Rank of Phenotypic Covariance Matrices. Evolutionary Biology 2009, 36: 339-353. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9066-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary constraintsCovariance matrixPhenotypic covariance matrixGenetic covariance matrixPhenotypic evolutionBootstrap methodPhenotypic variationGenetic variationPhenotype spaceLack of variationSelection responseFull rankMatrix rankRank estimatesNumber of variablesPhenotypeVariational dimensionsDimensionalityPhenotypicTraitsConstraintsMatrixVariationRankSample size
2001
The Topology of the Possible: Formal Spaces Underlying Patterns of Evolutionary Change
STADLER B, STADLER P, WAGNER G, FONTANA W. The Topology of the Possible: Formal Spaces Underlying Patterns of Evolutionary Change. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2001, 213: 241-274. PMID: 11894994, DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-phenotype mapNeo-Darwinian modelGenotype-phenotype modelsPhenotypic innovationPhenotypic evolutionGenetic accessibilityEvolutionary trajectoriesEvolutionary changeNatural selectionPhenotypic charactersPhenotype spaceGenotype spaceRNA sequencesSecondary structureFitness landscapePossible phenotypesFitness considerationsRNA modelCharacter autonomyPhenotypeRecent computational workFoldingEvolutionRegionSequence
2000
Evolutionarily Stable Configurations: Functional Integration and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability
Wagner G, Schwenk K. Evolutionarily Stable Configurations: Functional Integration and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability. Evolutionary Biology 2000, 155-217. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4185-1_4.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
1996
Homology, Hox Genes, and Developmental Integration1
MÜLLER G, WAGNER G. Homology, Hox Genes, and Developmental Integration1. Integrative And Comparative Biology 1996, 36: 4-13. DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.1.4.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsEpigenetic contextMorphological charactersGene expression patternsConcept of homologyGenetic redundancyPhenotypic evolutionEvolutionary innovationGenetic integrationHox genesTetrapod limbsGene functionGenetic identityDevelopmental systemsExpression patternsStructural homologyGenetic encodingNovel homologueHomologyMorphological identityRegulatory systemDevelopmental interactionsMorphological evolutionHomologuesGenesEvolution
1988
The influence of variation and of developmental constraints on the rate of multivariate phenotypic evolution
Wagner G. The influence of variation and of developmental constraints on the rate of multivariate phenotypic evolution. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1988, 1: 45-66. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1988.1010045.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of evolutionMultivariate phenotypic evolutionPhenotypic evolutionAdaptive landscapePhenotypic variationDevelopmental constraintsAdaptive phenotypic evolutionHeritable phenotypic variationPhenotypic varianceInterdependent characterNumber of charactersPossible roleLandscapeEvolutionOrganismic systemsMaximal rateVariationFunctionFitness functionCharacter