Spontaneous point mutations that occur more often when advantageous than when neutral.

doi:10.1093/genetics/126.1.5

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Spontaneous point mutations that occur more often when advantageous than when neutral.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1990

Hall B G

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Recent reports have called into question the widespread belief "that mutations arise continuously and without any consideration for their utility" (in the words of J. Cairns) and have suggested that some mutations (which Cairns called "directed" mutations) may occur as specific responses to envir...

Topics

Cell Division
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Escherichia coli
Kinetics
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Operon
Tryptophan
Valine

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