Article
Selection-induced mutations occur in yeast.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 May 1992
Hall B G
Abstract excerpt
Selection-induced mutations are nonrandom mutations that occur as specific and direct responses to environmental challenges and primarily in nondividing cells under conditions of intense prolonged selection. Selection-induced mutations have been shown to occur at six loci in Escherichia coli, but their existence has not previously been demonstrated in any eukaryotic organism. Here it is shown that...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Codon
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Fungal
- Histidine
- Mutation
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Selection, Genetic