Modularity Enhances the Rate of Evolution in a Rugged Fitness Landscape

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Summary

A theory for the dynamics of evolution in a rugged, modular fitness landscape is developed and analytically how horizontal gene transfer couples to the modularity in the system and leads to more rapid rates of evolution at short times.

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Published
2015-01-20
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Keywords

Modularity (biology), Modular design, Fitness landscape, Evolutionary biology, Biology

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