In a study of Escherichia coli, a mutator phenotype (mutT) was invaded by mutY mutations, where the mutT mutation led to an approximately 150-fold increase in the mutation rate, while the mutY mutations decreased the mutation rate by 40–60% to reduce genetic load.

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