A spotlight on bacterial mutations for 75 years

Manoshi S. Datta () and Roy Kishony ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 563, issue 7733, 633-644

Abstract: In the debate about how bacterial mutations arise, an experiment in 1943 showed that they can occur spontaneously and independently of a selection pressure. This study also popularized the use of maths-driven analysis of biological data.

Keywords: Microbiology; Evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07521-8

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