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adaptive mutation


Process by which a specific environment induces mutations that enable organisms to adapt to the environment. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserved. Pierce, B. Genetics: A co [..]
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adaptive mutation


, or Directed mutation The phenomenon whereby bacteria and yeast cells in stationary (non-growing) phase, have some way of producing (or selectively retaining) only the most appropriate mutations that [..]
Source: iatp.org





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