Compensatory evolution via cryptic genetic variation: Distinct trajectories to phenotypic and fitness recovery
Sudarshan Chari, Christian Marier, Cody Porter, Emmalee Northrop, Alexandra Belinky, Ian Dworkin
This study shows that standing genetic variation can enable rapid phenotypic compensation for deleterious mutations in Drosophila melanogaster through alternative fitness traits.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology