Publications by authors named "Leticia Larotonda"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how the positional arrangement of ribosomal protein genes, specifically the S10 locus, affects the growth and adaptability of Vibrio cholerae, revealing that distance from the replication origin impacts fitness and infectivity.
- Over 1,000 generations, the bacteria evolved, showing that while growth rates improved for all populations, those with S10 closer to the replication origin were the most fit, indicating that gene order plays a critical role in evolution.
- The findings suggest that altering the genomic location of important genes could be a viable strategy for genetic engineering, as gene order significantly influences cellular physiology despite the plastic nature of genomic content in bacteria.
