Can #gene-loss fuel future #adaptation? Check out this exciting new study from @balazs-papp-lab.bsky.social showing that #compensatory-evolution can generate unexpected metabolic gains. Delighted to have contributed! Congratulations to everyone involved! š
Csaba Pal Laboratory
Can harmful gene loss become an evolutionary opportunity?
In our new work in @molbioevol.bsky.social , lab-evolved E. coli lines recovering from metabolic gene loss did more than return to normal: some surpassed wild type on nutrients never seen during lab evolution.
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