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