Article
Spatial structure of ecological opportunity drives adaptation in a bacterium.
The American naturalist - 1 Aug 2012
Bailey Susan F, Kassen Rees
Abstract excerpt
Abundant ecological opportunity is thought to drive adaptation and diversification. The presence of multiple opportunities leads to divergent selection, which can slow adaptation when niche-specific beneficial mutations have antagonistically pleiotropic effects. Alternately, competition for multi...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Pseudomonas fluorescens
- Selection, Genetic
- Time Factors