What is mutation? A chapter in the series: How microbes “jeopardize” the modern synthesis

Devon M. Fitzgerald; Susan M. Rosenberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007995

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What is mutation? A chapter in the series: How microbes “jeopardize” the modern synthesis

Devon M. Fitzgerald,

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2480-7269

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Susan M. Rosenberg

* E-mail: smr@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-473X

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What is mutation? A chapter in the series: How microbes “jeopardize” the modern synthesis

Devon M. Fitzgerald,
Susan M. Rosenberg

Published: April 1, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007995

About the Authors

Devon M. Fitzgerald

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2480-7269

Susan M. Rosenberg

* E-mail: smr@bcm.edu

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-473X

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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