Directional selection can drive the evolution of modularity in complex traits - Melo, Diogo; Marroig, Gabriel (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2015)
Keywords: Biological Sciences; Biology; Computer Simulation; divergent evolution; environmental factors; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic diversity; Genetic Drift; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genetics, Population; Models, Genetic; Mutation; natural selection; population; Population Density; Quantitative genetics; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; selection response; Selection, Genetic; Simulation; quantitative genetics; variational modularity; phenotypic correlations; pleiotropy; G-matrix