@sarahdoingthing @DoTheWeirdStuff ...bacteria lost genes for DNA repair because a higher mutation rate was selected for.
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Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@DoTheWeirdStuff YES - oh man this fits into what we were talking about so well (Westermarck & wife trading as prerequisites)4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@DoTheWeirdStuff Trying to think of a good phrasing: gaussian-blurring the genome is selected for at species level.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@DoTheWeirdStuff I know what gaussian blurring is but I'm going to need more explanation here8 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing It seems like it would be hard have a 'mutate this gene but leave that one alone OK' mechanism. But who knows?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing My recollection is that there are multiple mechanisms for adjusting mutability of parts of genome.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing > I’m confused or else it was confirming a particular part of the story.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Dunno if I'd read abt it before but as a general principle it seems obvious. Or 'obvious after years of study'1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Completely random relevant thing I just found after 13 seconds of googling: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/4/962.abstract …3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@St_Rev organism changing its OWN stupid mutation rate in different environments, fuck2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing @Meaningness Note that losing hypermutability appears to be a much harder/slower process than gaining it.
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness mutability dangers often r managed: chordate HSP90 is a mutability "clutch". http://goo.gl/BV2rIc1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@almostlikethat@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness Interesting!0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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