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* Marc Kirschner and John Gerhart [http://www.pnas.org/content/95/15/8420.abstract Evolvability] | * Marc Kirschner and John Gerhart, [http://www.pnas.org/content/95/15/8420.abstract Evolvability], PNAS July 21 vol. 95 no. 15 (1998) 8420-8427 | ||
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Evolvability is defined as the capacity of a system for adaptive evolution. Adaptive evolution is possible by generation of heritable phenotypic variation. Evolvability is the ability of a population of organisms to generate genetic diversity and phenotypic variation, so that it can evolve through natural selection.
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- Marc Kirschner and John Gerhart, Evolvability, PNAS July 21 vol. 95 no. 15 (1998) 8420-8427
