This month’s Genome Watch article discusses the role of within-host adaptive evolution in bacterial pathogens for colonization and invasion of their human hosts.
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Chaguza, C. Bacterial survival: evolve and adapt or perish. Nat Rev Microbiol 18, 5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0303-5
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