Bread mold avoids infection by mutating its own DNA

ScienceDaily
Jun 22, 2020, 1:30 pm118 pts
Whilst most organisms try to stop their DNA from mutating, scientists from the UK and China have discovered that a common fungus found on bread actively mutates its own DNA as a way of fighting virus-like infections.

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