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Epistasis--the essential role of gene interactions in the structure and evolution of genetic systems.

Patrick C. Phillips
- 01 Nov 2008 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 11, pp 855-867
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There is a renewed appreciation both for the importance of studying gene interactions and for addressing these questions in a unified, quantitative manner with the advent of high-throughput functional genomics.
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Epistasis, or interactions between genes, has long been recognized as fundamentally important to understanding the structure and function of genetic pathways and the evolutionary dynamics of complex genetic systems. With the advent of high-throughput functional genomics and the emergence of systems approaches to biology, as well as a new-found ability to pursue the genetic basis of evolution down to specific molecular changes, there is a renewed appreciation both for the importance of studying gene interactions and for addressing these questions in a unified, quantitative manner.

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Epistasis and natural selection shape the mutational architecture of complex traits.

TL;DR: An individual-based simulation model is used to investigate how natural selection and gene interactions shape the evolution of mutational processes affecting complex traits and finds that the presence of epistasis allows natural selection to mold the distribution of mutations, such that mutational effects align with the selection surface.
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High-order epistasis shapes evolutionary trajectories.

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The Context-Dependence of Mutations: A Linkage of Formalisms.

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The differential view of genotype-phenotype relationships.

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Mitochondrial-nuclear epistasis affects fitness within species but does not contribute to fixed incompatibilities between species of Drosophila.

TL;DR: It is proposed that a low mitochondrial substitution rate, resulting from a low mutation rate and/or efficient purifying selection, precludes the accumulation of mitochondrial–nuclear incompatibilities among these Drosophila species.
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