Life stages in Bacillus subtilis are controlled by regulatory blocks that can be kept or lost across species in response to selection in different environments.
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Libby, E. Modularity of the life cycle. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 1142–1143 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0956-5
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