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Plasmids promote bacterial evolution through a copy number-driven increase in mutation rate
Paula Ramiro-Martínez, Ignacio de Quinto, Laura Jaraba-Soto…·Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán
The paper shows plasmid mutation rates increase logarithmically with copy number, outpacing segregational drift, enhancing bacterial evolvability.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.21.665944