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Microbial Evolution: Towards Resolving the Plasmid Paradox.

Current biology : CB - 31 Aug 2015

MacLean R Craig, San Millan Alvaro

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Plasmids play a key role in bacterial evolution by providing bacteria with new and important functions, such as antibiotic resistance. New research shows how bacterial regulatory evolution can stabilize bacteria-plasmid associations and catalyze evolutionary innovation.

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PMID: 26325139
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.006

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