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Is selection relevant in the evolutionary emergence of drug resistance?

The emergence of drug resistant pathogens is often considered a canonical case of evolution by ‘natural’ selection. Here we argue that the strength of selection can be a poor predictor of the rate of resistance emergence. It is possible for a resistant strain to be under negative selection and still...

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Pubblicato in:Trends Microbiol
Autori principali: Day, Troy, Huijben, Silvie, Read, Andrew F.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494118/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25680587
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2015.01.005
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