A search for a general phenomenon of adaptive mutability.

doi:10.1093/genetics/143.2.645

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A search for a general phenomenon of adaptive mutability.

Genetics - 1 Jun 1996

Galitski T, Roth J R

Abstract excerpt

The most prominent systems for the study of adaptive mutability depend on the specialized activities of genetic elements like bacteriophage Mu and the F plasmid. Searching for general adaptive mutability, we have investigated the behavior of Salmonella typhimurium strains with chromosomal lacZ mu...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Lac Operon
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium

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