Selection-induced mutations.

doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(05)80120-0

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Selection-induced mutations.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 1992

Hall B G

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Some spontaneous mutations are specifically 'adaptive' in two ways: in that they occur more often when they are useful than when they are irrelevant to the survival of the cell; and in that they occur as specific responses to selective pressures. These 'selection-induced mutations' occur both in...

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Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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