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. 1979 May 11;204(4393):637-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.107592.

Gene exchange and natural selection cause Bacillus subtilis to evolve in soil culture

J P Graham, C A Istock

Gene exchange and natural selection cause Bacillus subtilis to evolve in soil culture

J P Graham et al. Science. .

Abstract

Strains of Bacillus subtilis exchange linked blocks of genes when growing together in soil; such exchange leads to extensive reorganization of the genotypic structure of the population and to the appearance and eventual dominance of a single phenotype. This process illustrates how recombination and selection lead to adaptive changes in populations.

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