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Frequent Beneficial Mutations during Single-Colony Serial Transfer of Streptococcus pneumoniae

The appearance of new mutations within a population provides the raw material for evolution. The consistent decline in fitness observed in classical mutation accumulation studies has provided support for the long-held view that deleterious mutations are more common than beneficial mutations. Here we...

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Autores principales: Stevens, Kathleen E., Sebert, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002232