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Canalization

Definition
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Robustness of phenotype to genetic or environmental perturbation—evolutionary genetics context for GxE.

Topics
Population genetics
Related
Genotype Phenotype Gene Environment Interaction

Why it matters in GWAS

Population structure, demographic history, and mating patterns affect allele frequencies, LD, relatedness, and cross-cohort portability—central to GWAS design and interpretation.

Example usage

"Despite environmental variability, the phenotype showed canalization with relatively stable developmental outcomes."

Genotype Phenotype Gene Environment Interaction
Related-term network

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Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Hartl DL, Clark AG. (2007). Principles of Population Genetics. Sinauer Associates.
  • Jobling MA, Hurles ME, Tyler-Smith C. (2013). Human Evolutionary Genetics. Garland Science.
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