Identification of adaptive changes in an evolving population of Escherichia coli: the role of changes with regulatory and highly pleiotropic effects.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040650

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Identification of adaptive changes in an evolving population of Escherichia coli: the role of changes with regulatory and highly pleiotropic effects.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 1991

Kurlandzka A, Rosenzweig R F, Adams J

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A population of Escherichia coli initiated with a single clone developed extensive morphological and physiological polymorphism after being maintained for 773 generations in glucose-limited continuous culture. To understand the mechanisms of adaptation to this environment, total protein patterns...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Bacterial Proteins
Biological Evolution
Culture Media
Energy Metabolism
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Glucose
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic

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