Sexual recombination and increased mutation rate expedite evolution of Escherichia coli in varied fitness landscapes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02323-4
Abstract: Sexual recombination and mutation rate are theorized to play different roles in adaptive evolution depending on the fitness landscape; however, direct experimental support is limited. Here we examine how these factors affect the rate of… read more here.
Keywords: sexual recombination; evolution; mutation rate; rate ... See more keywords