Genetic adaptation: a new piece for a very old puzzle.
Does stress create mutations or only serve as an agent of natural selection? New experiments reveal effects of transcription and temperature on the response to growth limitation and could help resolve a 150-year-old debate.
Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. jrroth@ucdavis.edu
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