Evolution of genome fragility enables microbial division of labor
E. S. Colizzi, B. van Dijk, R. M. H. Merks, D. E. Rozen, R. M. Vroomans
This paper shows that genome architecture evolves to enable mutation-driven division of labor in bacteria by separating growth and antibiotic genes with fragile sites.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2021Evolutionary Biology