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Rapid phenotypic change and diversification of a soil bacterium during 1000 generations of experimental evolution.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2001
Riley Merry S, Cooper Vaughn S, Lenski Richard E, Forney Larry J, Marsh Terence L
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Evolutionary pathways open to even relatively simple organisms, such as bacteria, may lead to complex and unpredictable phenotypic changes, both adaptive and non-adaptive. The evolutionary pathways taken by 18 populations of Ralstonia strain TFD41 while they evolved in defined environments for 1000 generations were examined. Twelve populations evolved in liquid media, while six others evolved on agar surfaces....
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