Natural selection promotes antigenic evolvability.
The hypothesis that evolvability - the capacity to evolve by natural selection - is itself the object of natural selection is highly intriguing but remains controversial due in large part to a paucity of direct experimental evidence. The antigenic variation mechanisms of microbial pathogens provide...
Main Authors: | Christopher J Graves, Vera I D Ros, Brian Stevenson, Paul D Sniegowski, Dustin Brisson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3828179?pdf=render |
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