The population genetic theory of hidden variation and genetic robustness.

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Published in Genetics on December 01, 2004

Authors

Joachim Hermisson1, Günter P Wagner

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, D-82152 Planegg, Germany. hermisson@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de <hermisson@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de>

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