New research suggests model organisms may have evolved too far
A research team from Aston University and the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham suggest model organisms evolved over 100 years may no longer be fit for purpose They found the bacterial strain Escherichia coli K-12 has been repeatedly cultured and mutated, resulting in many genetic changes The study has just been published in Microbial GenomicsA research team from Aston University and the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham suggest model organisms evolved over 100 years may no longer be fit for purpose They found the bacterial strain Escherichia coli K-12 has been repeatedly cultu...