Phenotype switching of the mutation rate facilitates adaptive evolution.

Abstract excerpt

The mutation rate plays an important role in adaptive evolution. It can be modified by mutator and anti-mutator alleles. Recent empirical evidence hints that the mutation rate may vary among genetically identical individuals: evidence from bacteria suggests that the mutation rate can be affected...

Topics

• Mutation Rate
• Mutation
• Phenotype
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Bacteria