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Steering Before Selection: Energy-Limited Developmental Control as a Phenotypic Capacitor, a Pre-Specified Simulation Study
Mohammed Qasim, Faisal Fayyaz Qureshi
This paper uses simulations to show that developmental control conceals genetic variation from selection, acting as an energy-dependent phenotypic capacitor that can be beneficial if harmful mutations are reversed.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.03.763948