| Literature DB >> 14615583 |
Katsuhiko Sato1, Yoichiro Ito, Tetsuya Yomo, Kunihiko Kaneko.
Abstract
A general relationship between fluctuation and response in a biological system is presented. The fluctuation is given by the variance of some quantity, whereas the response is given as the average change of that quantity for a given parameter change. We propose a relationship where the two are proportional, in a similar way to the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in physics. By studying an evolution experiment where fluorescence of protein in bacteria increases, we confirm our relation by observing a positive correlation between the speed of fluorescence evolution and the phenotypic fluctuation of the fluorescence over clone bacteria. The generality of the relationship as well as its relevance to evolution is discussed.Mesh:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14615583 PMCID: PMC283550 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2334996100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205