Biological systems are subject to inherent stochasticity. Nevertheless, development is
remarkably robust, ensuring the consistency of key phenotypic traits such as correct cell …

Co-expression networks are a powerful tool to understand gene regulation. They have been
used to identify new regulation and function of genes involved in plant development and …

In all organisms, the majority of traits vary continuously between individuals. Explaining the
genetic basis of quantitative trait variation requires comprehensively accounting for genetic …

The propensity of a trait to vary within a population may have evolutionary, ecological, or
clinical significance. In the present study we deploy sibling models to offer a novel and …

Gene expression in individual cells can be surprisingly noisy. In unicellular organisms this
noise can be functional; for example, by allowing a subfraction of the population to prepare …

Boosting plant immunity is an effective alternative to pesticides. However, environmental
variations, accentuated by climate change, can compromise immunity. The robustness of a …

Natural populations exhibit substantial variation in quantitative traits. A quantitative trait is
typically defined by its mean and variance, and to date most genetic mapping studies focus …

In the last decade, case studies in plants and animals provided increasing insight into the
molecular mechanisms of developmental plasticity. When complemented with evolutionary …

Plants can respond quickly and profoundly to detrimental changes in their environment. For
example, Arabidopsis thaliana can induce an upward leaf movement response through …

The structure of environmentally induced phenotypic covariation can influence the effective
strength and magnitude of natural selection. Yet our understanding of the factors that …