Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Mutations in iclR increase evolvability by facilitating compensation that exposes cryptic beneficial mutations in experimental populations of Escherichia coli
Rachel Katherine Staples, Tim F. Cooper
This study shows that mutations in iclR increase evolvability in E. coli by allowing compensatory mutations to expose beneficial variants when transferred to a new environment.
DOI 10.1101/2024.02.21.581449