Genetics (more information will be on this page at a later time)
Below are some links i found might be helpful when searching about Genetic redundancy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_redundancy (Only use if you are going to cross reference with another source)
http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/publications_nowak/Nature97.pdf (useful but may be too much)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9217155 (I think this is the best choice)
...and some quick information:
Many crucial components of signal transduction, developmental, and metabolic pathways have functionally redundant copies. Further, these redundancies show surprising evolutionary stability over prolonged time scales. We propose that redundancies are not just archeological leftovers of ancient gene duplications, but rather that synergy arising from feedback between redundant copies may serve as an information processing element that facilitates signal transduction and the control of gene expression. (Source)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_redundancy (Only use if you are going to cross reference with another source)
http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/publications_nowak/Nature97.pdf (useful but may be too much)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9217155 (I think this is the best choice)
...and some quick information:
Many crucial components of signal transduction, developmental, and metabolic pathways have functionally redundant copies. Further, these redundancies show surprising evolutionary stability over prolonged time scales. We propose that redundancies are not just archeological leftovers of ancient gene duplications, but rather that synergy arising from feedback between redundant copies may serve as an information processing element that facilitates signal transduction and the control of gene expression. (Source)