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C. N. Merrikh

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivApr 3, 2018

Gene inversion increases evolvability in bacteria

C. N. Merrikh, H. Merrikh

This study shows that gene inversion in bacteria increases evolvability by promoting head-on replication-transcription collisions, leading to higher mutation rates and positive selection in head-on genes.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-07110-3

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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