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Evidence that mutation is universally biased towards AT in bacteria.
PLoS genetics - 9 Sept 2010
Hershberg Ruth, Petrov Dmitri A
Abstract excerpt
Mutation is the engine that drives evolution and adaptation forward in that it generates the variation on which natural selection acts. Mutation is a random process that nevertheless occurs according to certain biases. Elucidating mutational biases and the way they vary across species and within genomes is crucial to understanding evolution and adaptation. Here we demonstrate that clonal pathogens that evolve...
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