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- Title
Evolution: Partial penetrance keeps the options open.
- Authors
van Ooij, Christiaan
- Abstract
The article reports on the findings a microbiology study conducted by a team of researchers which show that mutations with partial penetrance can enable a gradual transition between to phenotypes. In this study, researchers noticed that mutations that alter the timing or levels of expression of spoIIR result in partial penetrance. They also found that bacillus subtilis cells that harbour such mutations display a range of phenotypes including normal sporulation.
- Subjects
MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL mutation; PHENOTYPES; GENE expression; BACILLUS subtilis
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 9, p617
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro2207