PROVING GROUND. “The evolution of new metabolic capabilities was studied in several early experiments with microorganisms. These organisms often gained the ability to use new compounds as nutrient sources by successive mutations in genes that activated their transcription under new conditions, increased their overall expression levels or altered their substrate specificities.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg3564
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022