Evolution writ small: Physical effects of evolution measured at molecular scale

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 15:07 in Biology & Nature

A unique experiment that forces bacteria into a head-to-head competition for evolutionary dominance has yielded new insights about the way Darwinian selection plays out at the molecular level. An exacting new analysis reveals precisely how specific genetic mutations impart a physical edge in the competition for survival.

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