They find that C. intestinalis both randomly changes its DNA and retains advantageous alterations, both mutating and evolving, that is, at faster rates than vertebrates.
The data indicated that it is possible to perform environmentally advantageous structural alterations, namely the addition of double bonds, which would not negatively affect V. fischeri.
The model of breast cancer progression via sequential acquisition of selectively advantageous molecular alterations with morphologically recognizable phenotypes is a convenient conceptual framework.
The convergent nature of cancer evolution, in which there are several routes for cancer cells to take while they accumulate advantageous physiological alterations, provides a context for understanding the diversity of these changes.
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Further gene expression changes are effectuated by altered metabolic activity [ 12 14].
Therefore, it would be advantageous to screen for alterations in visual function at a pre-clinical stage.
Cancer is the product of a somatic evolutionary process, in which successive advantageous genetic and epigenetic alterations drive the progression of the disease (Greaves and Maley, 2012).
Transformation of the colorectal tissue is characterized by the successive acquisition of genetic and epigenetic alterations that confer advantageous traits for tumorigenesis initiation and cancer progression [ 26].
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