General => Science => Topic started by: Tank on January 30, 2011, 07:13:17 PM
Title: Gene 'Relocation' Key to Evolutionary Change in Bacteria
Post by: Tank on January 30, 2011, 07:13:17 PM
Gene 'Relocation' Key to Most Evolutionary Change in Bacteria (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110127205845.htm)
QuoteScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2011) â€" In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring genes from other bacteria.
New research reshapes the existing view of bacterial evolution.