Adaptive amplification and point mutation are independent mechanisms: evidence for various stress-inducible mutation mechanisms.
"Adaptive mutation" denotes a collection of processes in which cells respond to growth-limiting environments by producing compensatory mutants that grow well, apparently violating fundamental principles of evolution. In a well-studied model, starvation of stationary-phase lac(-)Escherichia...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2004-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC529313?pdf=render |