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
2000
What is the promise of developmental evolution? part I: Why is developmental biology necessary to explain evolutionary innovations?
Wagner G. What is the promise of developmental evolution? part I: Why is developmental biology necessary to explain evolutionary innovations? Journal Of Experimental Zoology 2000, 288: 95-98. PMID: 10931493, DOI: 10.1002/1097-010x(20000815)288:2<95::aid-jez1>3.0.co;2-5.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPopulation dependent Fourier decomposition of fitness landscapes over recombination spaces: Evolvability of complex characters
Stadler P, Seitz R, Wagner G. Population dependent Fourier decomposition of fitness landscapes over recombination spaces: Evolvability of complex characters. Bulletin Of Mathematical Biology 2000, 62: 399-428. PMID: 10812714, DOI: 10.1006/bulm.1999.0167.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Regeneration in Salaria pavo (Blenniidae, Teleostei)
Misof B, Wagner G. Regeneration in Salaria pavo (Blenniidae, Teleostei). Brain Structure And Function 1992, 186: 153-165. PMID: 1510245, DOI: 10.1007/bf00174953.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1985
Small lesions in the primary visual cortex of rats cause a specific reorganization of associational connections
Wagner G, Wolff J. Small lesions in the primary visual cortex of rats cause a specific reorganization of associational connections. Cell And Tissue Research 1985, 242: 357-364. PMID: 3931917, DOI: 10.1007/bf00214548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary visual cortexAssociational connectionsTerminal degenerationVisual cortexIntact cortexStab woundsLesion-induced plasticitySubcortical white matterSecondary visual areasType II lesionsNeonatal treatmentNoradrenergic innervationHorseradish peroxidaseCorticocortical connectionsInfragranular layersNeuroplastic changesParamedian cortexAdult cortexIntracortical connectionsFiber degenerationNumerous neuronsDays p.White matterRetrosplenial cortexLesions