linkedin post 2019-04-07 04:35:18
METABOLIC INNOVATION. "Escape from Muller’s ratchet can be considered the most fundamental benefit of HGT in microbial evolution but it certainly is not the only one. Acquisition of new genes and whole operons appears to be the principal route of metabolic network expansion in microbes." (HGT = horizontal gene transfer). https://lnkd.in/dSemZpD View in LinkedIn