Rainey, P.B. (author), Beaumont, H.J.E. (author), Ferguson, G.C. (author), Gallie, J. (author), Kost, C. (author), Libby, E. (author), Zhang, X.X. (author) Stochastic phenotype switching – or bet hedging – is a pervasive feature of living systems and common in bacteria that experience fluctuating (unpredictable) environmental conditions. Under such conditions, the capacity to generate variable offspring spreads the risk of being maladapted in the present environment, against offspring likely to...
journal article 2011
