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Taking chances and making mistakes: non-genetic phenotypic heterogeneity and its consequences for surviving in dynamic environments

Natural selection has shaped the strategies for survival and growth of microorganisms. The success of microorganisms depends not only on slow evolutionary tuning but also on the ability to adapt to unpredictable changes in their environment. In principle, adaptive strategies range from purely determ...

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Autores principales: van Boxtel, Coco, van Heerden, Johan H., Nordholt, Niclas, Schmidt, Phillipp, Bruggeman, Frank J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28701503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0141