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Interpreting phenotypic antibiotic tolerance and persister cells as evolution via epigenetic inheritance.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2016
Day Troy
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Epigenetic inheritance is the transmission of nongenetic material such as gene expression levels, RNA and other biomolecules from parents to offspring. There is a growing realization that such forms of inheritance can play an important role in evolution. Bacteria represent a prime example of epigenetic inheritance because a large array of cellular components is transmitted to offspring, in addition to genetic...
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