MECHANICS OF THE ADAPTATION. “The key actualizing mutation arose by a chromosomal duplication event that ‘rewired’ gene expression by placing a new transcriptional promoter upstream of a previously silent citrate transporter gene to give the Cit+ phenotype (that is, the ability to use citrate as a nutrient source).”
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg3564
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022