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Genetic variability and adaptation to stress.
EXS - 1 Jan 1997
Taddei F, Vulić M, Radman M, Matić I
Abstract excerpt
Besides an immediate cellular adaptation to stress, organisms can resist such challenges through changes in their genetic material. These changes can be due to mutation or acquisition of pre-evolved functions via horizontal transfer. In this chapter we will review evidence from bacterial genetics that suggests that the frequency of such events can increase in response to stress by activating mutagenic response...
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