Epistasis as the primary factor in molecular evolution

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Michael S. Breen
Carsten Kemena
Peter K. Vlasov
Cedric Notredame
Fyodor A. Kondrashov
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[1] Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme,
[2] Centre for Genomic Regulation and Universitat Pompeu Fabra,undefined
[3] 88 Dr Aiguader,undefined
[4] Barcelona 08003,undefined
[5] Spain,undefined
[6] Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA),undefined
[7] 23 Passeig Lluís Companys,undefined
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Nature | 2012年 / 490卷
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A comparison of more than 1,000 orthologues of diverse proteins shows that the rate of amino-acid substitution in recent evolution is an order of magnitude lower than that expected in the absence of epistasis, indicating that epistasis is pervasive throughout protein evolution.
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