Positive epistasis drives the acquisition of multidrug resistance.
The evolution of multiple antibiotic resistance is an increasing global problem. Resistance mutations are known to impair fitness, and the evolution of resistance to multiple drugs depends both on their costs individually and on how they interact--epistasis. Information on the level of epistasis bet...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2706973?pdf=render |