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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Volume 15, Issue 7, Pages 480-490Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3744
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 680]
- Probabilistic Structures in Evolution [SPP 1590]
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The genotype-fitness map (that is, the fitness landscape) is a key determinant of evolution, yet it has mostly been used as a superficial metaphor because we know little about its structure. This is now changing, as real fitness landscapes are being analysed by constructing genotypes with all possible combinations of small sets of mutations observed in phylogenies or in evolution experiments. In turn, these first glimpses of empirical fitness landscapes inspire theoretical analyses of the predictability of evolution. Here, we review these recent empirical and theoretical developments, identify methodological issues and organizing principles, and discuss possibilities to develop more realistic fitness landscape models.
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