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Genetic Entropy and Mutations
John Sutter: John Lensky set up 12 populations of E. coli and let them evolve under nutrient-limited conditions for 10,000 generations. He says beneficial mutations arose about every 15 generations with about 1% becoming fixed into the population. Sutter: Science has ample examples of beneficial mutations is a mere Google search away.