Channelling Evolution
Open Access
- 20 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 2 (1) , e19
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020019
Abstract
A recent paper suggests that genes can interact in networks to limit variation of phenotype. Similar principles might apply to the regulation of ion channels in nerve cells.Keywords
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