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. 2015 Aug 31;25(17):R764-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.006.

Microbial Evolution: Towards Resolving the Plasmid Paradox

R Craig MacLean  1 , Alvaro San Millan  2
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Microbial Evolution: Towards Resolving the Plasmid Paradox

R Craig MacLean et al. Curr Biol. .
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Plasmids play a key role in bacterial evolution by providing bacteria with new and important functions, such as antibiotic resistance. New research shows how bacterial regulatory evolution can stabilize bacteria-plasmid associations and catalyze evolutionary innovation.

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