Evolution of mutation rates in bacteria.

Abstract excerpt

Evolutionary success of bacteria relies on the constant fine-tuning of their mutation rates, which optimizes their adaptability to constantly changing environmental conditions. When adaptation is limited by the mutation supply rate, under some conditions, natural selection favours increased mutat...

Topics

• Bacteria
• Base Pair Mismatch
• Base Sequence
• DNA Repair
• Drug Resistance, Bacterial
• Evolution, Molecular
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutagenesis
• Mutation