Evolution: A quantity–quality trade-off constrains the evolution of immortality 
in bacterial endospores

Bonive-Boscan, Alejandro; López-Garrido, Javier

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.006

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Evolution: A quantity–quality trade-off constrains the evolution of immortality in bacterial endospores

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Bonive-Boscan, Alejandro
IMPRS for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Research Group Evolutionary Cell Biology (Lopez Garrido), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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López-Garrido, Javier
Max Planck Research Group Evolutionary Cell Biology (Lopez Garrido), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Bonive-Boscan, A., & López-Garrido, J. (2024). Evolution: A quantity–quality trade-off constrains the evolution of immortality in bacterial endospores. Current Biology, 34(14), R690-R692. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.006.

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Bacterial endospores are extremely resilient cells, capable of withstanding the most dramatic environmental challenges. New work identifies a trade-off between resistance to UV radiation and germination efficiency, a trade-off mediated by an unexpected sporulation ‘contingency locus’.