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| Nov 13, 2017 at 22:36 | comment | added | fusion.slope | Well partially I think that can be answered by their experiment. This because in their experiment they show that bacteria have already all the possible mutations that can be "selected" in a particular environment. The selection of a mutation can happen randomly or as evolutionary biologist think it is selected by "natural selection". But what is natural selection? Are there specific mechanisms that can explain natural selection? I think this is still an open question nowadays. Please tell me what you think am open for this discussion :) | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 22:28 | comment | added | Remi.b | I think the OP is not asking about wether the trait "mutation rate" is affected by selection on the mutation rate and not whether mutations appear as a response to a selection pressure for a given trait. I understood the question as you did at first (and got four downvotes in a few hours!) and ended up deleting my answer. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 21:42 | history | answered | fusion.slope | CC BY-SA 3.0 |