2002
Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large populations: a populationgenetic model
Carter A, Wagner G. Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large populations: a populationgenetic model. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2002, 269: 953-960. PMID: 12028779, PMCID: PMC1690979, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation sizeRelated Drosophila speciesCis-regulatory elementsPopulation genetic modelsRate of evolutionModerate population sizesDrosophila speciesDrosophila EnhancerVertebrate enhancersDynamics of fixationDifferent taxaCompensatory mutationsNeutral rateGeneration timeSmall populationEnhancerTaxaSpatial organizationLarge populationSpeciesMutationsSequenceVertebratesEvolutionPopulation
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