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Yet such adaptations typically require tens of generations before the mutated cells become predominant. (In bacterial cells used by Emonet, cell division or generation happens about every hour).

Drug-naïve cells initially received a relatively low one micromolar dose. After about one month, when the cells adapted and reached confluency, França seeded them onto a new plate with a higher dose, ...