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The Adaptive Potential of Nonheritable Somatic Mutations.
The American naturalist - 1 Dec 2022
Majic Paco, Erten E Yagmur, Payne Joshua L
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AbstractThe adaptive potential of nonheritable somatic mutations has received limited attention in traditional evolutionary theory because heritability is a fundamental pillar of Darwinian evolution. We hypothesized that the ability of a germline genotype to express a novel phenotype via nonheritable somatic mutations can be selectively advantageous and that this advantage will channel evolving populations toward...
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