Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$242,962.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Special mechanisms of mutation are induced in bacteria and yeasts under growth-limiting stress causing genetic instability, and occasionally, adaptive mutations that may speed evolution. These stress-induced mutation mechanisms may provide superior models