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Abstract
Growth heterogeneity within microbial populations has been thought to increase fitness by allowing some cells to survive an unpredictable change to a harsh environment. A new study demonstrates that heterogeneity can increase fitness even in the absence of environmental changes.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27166691 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834