Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Genetic mutation trade-offs lead to parallel evolution

05/31/2017 02:33 PM EDT

Professor Seppe Kuehn works with graduate student David T. Fraebel in the Kuehn laboratory

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown how evolutionary dynamics proceed when selection acts on two traits governed by a trade-off. The results move the life sciences a step closer to understanding the full complexity of evolution at the cellular level.


Full story at http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/article/22041

Source
University of Illinois College of Engineering


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