An Analytically Solvable Model for Rapid Evolution of Modular Structure

Nadav Kashtan; Avi E. Mayo; Tomer Kalisky; Uri Alon

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000355

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An Analytically Solvable Model for Rapid Evolution of Modular Structure

Nadav Kashtan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadav Kashtan, Avi E. Mayo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Avi E. Mayo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadav Kashtan, Avi E. Mayo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Tomer Kalisky,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Uri Alon

* E-mail: urialon@weizmann.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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An Analytically Solvable Model for Rapid Evolution of Modular Structure

Nadav Kashtan,
Avi E. Mayo,
Tomer Kalisky,
Uri Alon

Published: April 10, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000355

About the Authors

Nadav Kashtan

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadav Kashtan, Avi E. Mayo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Avi E. Mayo

Contributed equally to this work with: Nadav Kashtan, Avi E. Mayo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Tomer Kalisky

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Uri Alon

* E-mail: urialon@weizmann.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK AEM TK UA. Performed the experiments: NK AEM TK. Analyzed the data: NK AEM TK UA. Wrote the paper: NK AEM TK UA.

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