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ReviewGenetics2025

The nature of mutation: a legacy of bacterial genetics.

Susan T Lovett, Thalia H Sass

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Review in Genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Susan T LovettDepartment of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center MS029, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2792-1857
Thalia H SassDepartment of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center MS029, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7048-8564

Funding

Replication Fork RepairR01GM051753 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LOVETT, SUSAN THOMAS · 1994 to 2025
$10.7M
National Institute of General Medical Studies R01 GM51753NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central question in the fields of genetics and evolution was the nature and origin of spontaneous mutation. Bacterial genetic experiments throughout the middle of the 20th century were key to understanding how genomes change and what cellular mechanisms act to limit such change. These mechanisms are shared among all life on the planet and have implications for human diseases and aging. The purpose of this review is to highlight genetic breakthroughs during this period using bacterial systems and how they have led to our understanding of genetic change. Many students of cancer genetics in humans are likely unaware of the foundational role of bacterial genetics in our understanding of spontaneous mutation and cellular avoidance mechanisms that impact cancer progression. This article attempts to provide an overview of critical experiments and hypotheses.

Indexed as

BacteriaMutationEvolution, MolecularGenome, BacterialHumansNeoplasmsbacteriaDNA repairDNA replicationfidelitymutator

Identifiers

PMID40827726
PMCPMC12606429

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