The road not taken: Could stress-specific mutations lead to different evolutionary paths?
Organisms often encounter stressful conditions, some of which damage their DNA. In response, some organisms show a high expression of error-prone DNA repair machinery, causing a temporary increase in the genome-wide mutation rate. Although we now have a detailed map of the molecular mechanisms under...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002862 |