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From genotypes to organisms: State-of-the-art and perspectives of a cornerstone in evolutionary dynamics

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Manrubia, Susanna, Cuesta, José A., Aguirre, Jacobo, Ahnert, Sebastian E., Altenberg, Lee, Cano, Alejandro V., Catalán, Pablo, Diaz-Uriarte, Ramon +10 more·2021·Physics of Life Reviews

Abstract

Understanding how genotypes map onto phenotypes, fitness, and eventually organisms is arguably the next major missing piece in a fully predictive theory of evolution. We refer to this generally as the problem of the genotype-phenotype map. Though we are still far from achieving a complete picture of these relationships, our current understanding of simpler questions, such as the structure induced in the space of genotypes by sequences mapped to molecular structures, has revealed important facts that deeply affect the dynamical description of evolutionary processes. Empirical evidence supporting the fundamental relevance of features such as phenotypic bias is mounting as well, while the synthesis of conceptual and experimental progress leads to questioning current assumptions on the nature of evolutionary dynamics-cancer progression models or synthetic biology approaches being notable examples. This work delves with a critical and constructive attitude into our current knowledge of how genotypes map onto molecular phenotypes and organismal functions, and discusses theoretical and empirical avenues to broaden and improve this comprehension. As a final goal, this community should aim at deriving an updated picture of evolutionary processes soundly relying on the structural properties of genotype spaces, as revealed by modern techniques of molecular and functional analysis.

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  • Shape spaces share a remarkable universal pattern of organization, including neutrality, characterized by flat regions where different genotypes have the same fitness.

    “They all share a remarkable universal pattern of organization, including neutrality, characterized by flat regions where different genotypes have the same fitness [29] (see also Catalán et al. [218]).”

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Manrubia, S., Cuesta, J. A., Aguirre, J., Ahnert, S. E., Altenberg, L., Cano, A. V., Catalán, P., Diaz-Uriarte, R., Elena, S. F., García-Martín, J. A., Hogeweg, P., Khatri, B. S., Krug, J., Louis, A. A., Martin, N. S., Payne, J. L., Tarnowski, M. J., & Weiß, M.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
  • SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
  • Santa Fe Institute (US)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
  • The Francis Crick Institute (GB)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author
Manrubia, Susanna
Venue
Physics of Life Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-09
Volume
38
Pages
55-106
ISSN
1571-0645 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3003432383
Cited by
88
References
435
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 2
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2.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Physics of Life Reviews (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • e-Archivo (Carlos III University of Madrid) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Hispana (submittedVersion)
  • Biblos-e Archivo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection
Funders
  • Gatsby Charitable Foundation
  • European Commission (FIS2015-64349-P, PGC2018-098186-B-I00, SEV 2017-0712)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/L01386X/1)
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation (F QXi-RFP-IPW-1913)
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  • Stanford University
  • European Regional Development Fund
  • Ohio State University
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (EP/L016494/1, PP00P3_170604)
  • Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
  • National Science Foundation (0931642, BFU2015-65037-P, BFU2015-67302-R, DMS 0931642)
  • Generalitat Valenciana
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
Keywords
genotype-phenotype mapping, evolutionary dynamics, fitness, molecular phenotypes, synthetic biology
MeSH terms
Genotype, Phenotype

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