{"title":"ISB Study Shows: Domesticated Microbes Don\u2019t Forget Their Wild Roots","description":"<p>ISB researchers discover that microbes retain complex survival traits despite having been domesticated for more than 50 years. The study revealed that gene networks store a historic record of environmental change. The research reinforces the concept that model organisms can serve as authentic systems to study evolution of complex traits.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.systemsbiology.org\/research\/50-years-in-the-lab-doesnt-diminish-an-organisms-memory-of-its-natural-environment\/"}