Genetic Compensation

El-Brolosy, M. A., & Stainier, D. Y. R. (2017). Genetic Compensation: A Phenomenon in Search of Mechanisms. PLOS Genetics, 13(7).

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2017

Volume

13

Issue

7

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgen.1006780

DOI registrant

Public Library of Science

Link

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006780

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Mechanisms

• Ablation or Knockout Test
  • Genetic and neural systems in particular show compensation and redundancy

    This sourceExplains genetic compensation in which gene knockout triggers compensatory responses, preserving or reducing phenotypic effects and complicating inference about gene function.

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