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The insect-killing bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens has the lowest mutation rate among bacteria

Mutation is a primary source of genetic variation that is used to power evolution. Many studies, however, have shown that most mutations are deleterious and, as a result, extremely low mutation rates might be beneficial for survival. Using a mutation accumulation experiment, an unbiased method for m...

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Autores principales: Pan, Jiao, Williams, Emily, Sung, Way, Lynch, Michael, Long, Hongan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8009600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42995-020-00060-0