Article
Mutators and sex in bacteria: conflict between adaptive strategies.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Sept 2000
Tenaillon O, Le Nagard H, Godelle B, Taddei F
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial mutation rates can increase and produce genetic novelty, as shown by in vitro and in silico experiments. Despite the cost due to a heavy deleterious mutation load, mutator alleles, which increase the mutation rate, can spread in asexual populations during adaptation because they remain...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
- Genome, Bacterial
- Mutation