On the evolution of mutation in changing environments: recombination and phenotypic switching.

doi:10.1534/genetics.110.123620

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On the evolution of mutation in changing environments: recombination and phenotypic switching.

Genetics - 1 Mar 2011

Liberman Uri, Van Cleve Jeremy, Feldman Marcus W

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Phenotypic switching has been observed in laboratory studies of yeast and bacteria, in which the rate of such switching appears to adjust to match the frequency of environmental changes. Among possible mechanisms of switching are epigenetic influences on gene expression and variation in levels of...

Topics

DNA Methylation
Environment
Epigenomics
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Expression
Genetic Fitness
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Phenotype
Population
Recombination, Genetic

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