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evolutionary capacitance: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary genetics

the storing of hidden genetic variation by a buffering system, which releases it as visible variation when the buffer is compromised.

In evolutionary genetics, evolutionary capacitance refers to the storing of hidden genetic variation by a buffering system, which releases it as visible variation when the buffer is compromised. This meaning comes from Rutherford (1998) in Nature.[1]

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References

Rutherford, S. L., & Lindquist, S. (1998). Hsp90 as a capacitor for morphological evolution. Nature, 396(6709), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1038/24550

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