Polizzi et al. describe theoretical investigations on an important yet previously unconsidered evolutionary question: how should trait architectures evolve when the underlying mutation rates are heterogeneous? Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731461

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Read now! Summary written by Alex M. Pamfilie for the Open Access Symposium “Mutation and Selection Induce Correlations between Selection Coefficients and Mutation Rates” by Gitschlag et al.
https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-2023-Gitschlag-et-al.html

Article: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726014

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Free Symposium now available ahead of print! "#Mutation and #Selection Induce Correlations between #SelectionCoefficients and #MutationRates" by Bryan L. Gitschlag, Alejandro V. Cano, Joshua L. Payne, David M. McCandlish, and Arlin Stoltzfus

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726014

#Conference — only two weeks to go until our #MicrobiologySociety Focus Meeting about #MicrobialEvolution in #Manchester UK 22-23 November

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