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Patchy distribution of flexible genetic elements in bacterial populations mediates robustness to environmental uncertainty.

FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Sept 2008

Heuer Holger, Abdo Zaid, Smalla Kornelia

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The generation and maintenance of genetic variation seems to be a general ecological strategy of bacterial populations. Thereby they gain robustness to irregular environmental change, which is primarily the result of the dynamic evolution of biotic interactions. A benefit of maintaining populatio...

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PMID: 18616581
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00539.x

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