title: Cellular Heterogeneity: Benefits Besides Bet-Hedging.
abstract: Growth heterogeneity within microbial populations has been thought to increase fitness by allowing some cells to survive an unpredictable change to a harsh environment. A new study demonstrates that heterogeneity can increase fitness even in the absence of environmental changes.
authors.affiliation: Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology and the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA. Electronic address: sasha.levy@stonybrook.edu.
authors.forename: Sasha F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D056084:Genetic Fitness; D014644:Genetic Variation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*