COMPETITION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW MUTATING STRAINS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
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Laboratory experiments on bacteria show that a 'mutator' allele can be indirectly selected for because it increases the chance of an advantageous mutation arising.
“Laboratory experiments on bacteria show that a 'mutator' allele, which raises the mutation rate, can be indirectly selected for because it increases the chance of an advantageous mutation arising 33 .”
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- Authors
- Chao, L., & Cox, E. C.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- ORCID
- Chao, Lin
- Venue
- Evolution
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1983-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 125-134
- ISSN
- 0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2322497562
- Cited by
- 255
- References
- 18
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- FWCI
- 4.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Evolution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (GM28923)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Endocrinology › Escherichia coli research studies
- Keywords
- Escherichia coli, mutation rate, strain competition, bacterial evolution, mutation rate variation
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