Sentences with phrase «accumulate mutations due»

How are microbial communities assembled in the > 5,000 - y - old subsurface of marine sediment, and do they undergo adaptive evolution or accumulate mutations due to impaired DNA repair under such energy - limited conditions?

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This evolution is due to the ability of viruses to accumulate new mutations in their genome.

Unfortunately, aging cells have a diminished ability to produce ATP due to changes in mitochondrial structure and function — unless we intervene or support our cellular energy production.Research indicates that mitochondrial DNA mutations begin accumulating in individuals starting in their mid-thirties which contributes to the decreased energy that so many people experience with increasing age.