Gall-inducing insects are iconic examples in the manipulation and reprogramming of plant
development, inducing spectacular morphological and physiological changes of host-plant …

DNA tandem repeats (TRs), also designated as satellite DNA, are inter-or intragenic
nucleotide sequences that are repeated two or more times in a head-to-tail manner …

Knowledge of the rate and nature of spontaneous mutation is fundamental to understanding
evolutionary and molecular processes. In this report, we analyze spontaneous mutations …

Diversity in adaptive responses is common within species and populations, especially when
the heterogeneity of the frequently large populations found in environments is considered …

Respiratory disorders are among the conditions that affect the respiratory system. The
healthcare sector faces challenges due to the emergence of drug resistance to prescribed …

Pathogens continuously adapt to changing host environments where variation in their
virulence and antigenicity is critical to their long-term evolutionary success. The emergence …

Background The application of phages is a promising tool to reduce the number of
Campylobacter along the food chain. Besides the efficacy against a broad range of strains …

Bacteria with elevated mutation rates represent a risk factor for treatment failure and are
often found with high frequency in clinical isolates from different sources. How this frequency …

The ability of a bacterial population to survive in different niches, as well as in stressful and
rapidly changing environmental conditions, depends greatly on its genetic content. To …

The mutation rate of an organism is itself evolvable. In stable environments, if faithful
replication is costless, theory predicts that mutation rates will evolve to zero. However …