2014
Reinventing the Organism: Evolvability and Homology in Post-Dahlem Evolutionary Biology
Wagner G. Reinventing the Organism: Evolvability and Homology in Post-Dahlem Evolutionary Biology. Boston Studies In The Philosophy And History Of Science 2014, 307: 327-342. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9412-1_15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary biologyDahlem ConferenceGenotype-phenotype mapStructure of organismsLimited pleiotropyNatural selectionEvolutionary causationPhenotype evolutionOrganism conceptRandom mutationsHomologyOrganismsEvolvabilityBiologyDevelopmental structuresMutationsDevelopmental organizationPleiotropySeedsFitnessSelectionAdaptation
2012
Coming to Grips with Evolvability
Pavlicev M, Wagner G. Coming to Grips with Evolvability. Evolution: Education And Outreach 2012, 5: 231-244. DOI: 10.1007/s12052-012-0430-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenotype-phenotype mapOrganismal developmentMost genesCryptic mutationsPhenotypic traitsComplex organismsPhenotypic charactersMost traitsRandom mutationsReal organismsGenetic effectsEvolvabilityGenetic backgroundOrganismsGenesMutationsTraitsNew environmentRandom changesPhenotypeFitnessEvolutionSelectionConventional computer languages
2007
The road to modularity
Wagner GP, Pavlicev M, Cheverud JM. The road to modularity. Nature Reviews Genetics 2007, 8: 921-931. PMID: 18007649, DOI: 10.1038/nrg2267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-protein interaction networkMolecular systems biologyPatterns of evolutionGene duplicationGene regulationEvolutionary biologyNeutral mutationsBiological organizationQuantitative traitsInteraction networksSystems biologyStructure of macromoleculesEnvironmental conditionsBiologyDuplicationTraitsMutationsRegulationSelectionModularityMacromolecules
2001
Function and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability: Connecting Pattern to Process1
Schwenk K, Wagner G. Function and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability: Connecting Pattern to Process1. Integrative And Comparative Biology 2001, 41: 552-563. DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.3.552.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPhenotypic stabilityPhylogenetic character analysisCurrent environmental conditionsSelection differsEnvironmental selectionEnvironmental conditionsInternal selectionExternal selectionSystem-level functionalityCharacter analysisCertain charactersOrganismsSelectionPhenotypeCascadeFunctional integrationCharacterFunctionPatternsResponseWide range