A simple regulatory architecture allows learning the statistical structure of a changing environment
Bacteria live in environments that are continuously fluctuating and changing. Exploiting any predictability of such fluctuations can lead to an increased fitness. On longer timescales, bacteria can ‘learn’ the structure of these fluctuations through evolution. However, on shorter timescales, inferri...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021-09-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/67455 |