Mutation for survival.

doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(97)80047-0

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Mutation for survival.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 1997

Rosenberg S M

Abstract excerpt

Adaptive mutations appear in response to selection. In the best-studied system, the two most controversial issues were resolved this year. The mutations are neither Lamarckian nor a peculiarity of bacterial sex, as had been suggested. They occur genome-wide in a hypermutable subpopulation of stre...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Biological Evolution
Models, Biological
Mutation
Plasmids
Recombination, Genetic
Selection, Genetic

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