Costs and benefits of high mutation rates: adaptive evolution of bacteria in the mouse gut.

Giraud, A

Costs and benefits of high mutation rates: adaptive evolution of bacteria in the mouse gut. [electronic resource] - Science (New York, N.Y.) Mar 2001 - 2606-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0036-8075

10.1126/science.1056421 doi


Adaptation, Physiological
Adenosine Triphosphatases
Animals
Bacterial Proteins--genetics
Base Pair Mismatch
Biological Evolution
DNA Repair--genetics
DNA-Binding Proteins
Escherichia coli--genetics
Escherichia coli Proteins
Feces--microbiology
Genes, Bacterial
Germ-Free Life
Intestines--microbiology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein
Mutation