Supercomputer simulation shows why beneficial mutations rarely lead to hypermutators in real organisms

In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Neocortex system to find out why beneficial mutants rarely come to dominate real organisms. In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Neocortex system to find out why beneficial mutants rarely come to dominate real organisms. Evolution Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories