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Evolution of a higher intracellular oxidizing environment in Caenorhabditis elegans under relaxed selection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Joyner-Matos Joanna, Hicks Kiley A, Cousins Dustin, Keller Michelle, Denver Dee R, Baer Charles F, Estes Suzanne
Abstract excerpt
We explored the relationship between relaxed selection, oxidative stress, and spontaneous mutation in a set of mutation-accumulation (MA) lines of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and in their common ancestor. We measured steady-state levels of free radicals and oxidatively damaged guanosine nucleosides in the somatic tissues of five MA lines for which nuclear genome base substitution and GC-TA transversion...
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