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. 2017 Nov 17:6:e32703.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.32703.

Learning from losers

Benjamin Kirkup  1
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Learning from losers

Benjamin Kirkup. Elife. .

Abstract

Bacteria can overcome environmental challenges by killing nearby bacteria and incorporating their DNA.

Keywords: Acinetobacter baylyi; E. coli; antibiotic resistance; computational biology; horizontal gene transfer; infectious disease; microbial population dynamics; microbiology; multi-drug resistance; natural competence; systems biology.

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