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Study Suggests CRISPR Gives Evolutionary Edge to Phages Escaping Bacterial Defense

Feb 14, 2018
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The CRISPR-Cas9 system may do more than protect against invading phages in its native bacterial environment, new research suggests. Findings from experiments in Escherichia coli suggest it can also speed up the evolution of some of these bacteria-infecting viruses.

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