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Aug 2026
Genome evolution during the domestication of an antibiotic-producing Streptomyces strain
Findings reveal that artificial selection shapes genome evolution in industrial strains, balancing production gains with metabolic trade-offs, and shows that many of the evolutionary processes in industrial strain improvement programmes mirror those at play during natural selection.
John T. Munnoch, D. Larcombe, Rebecca E. McHugh et al.
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