Mutation—the engine of evolution: Studying mutation and its role in the evolution of bacteria

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Hershberg, Ruth ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84940867649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a018077     Document Type: Article

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