The ecology and genetics of microbial diversity.

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Natural communities of microbes are often diverse, a fact that is difficult to reconcile with the action of natural selection in simple, uniform environments. We suggest that this apparent paradox may be resolved by considering the origin and fate of diversity in an explicitly ecological context. Here, we review insights into the ecological and genetic causes of diversity that stem from experiments with microbial...

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