Genotype-by-environment interactions due to antibiotic resistance and adaptation in Escherichia coli.

Abstract excerpt

Mutations that are beneficial in one environment can have different fitness effects in other environments. In the context of antibiotic resistance, the resulting genotype-by-environment interactions potentially make selection on resistance unpredictable in heterogeneous environments. Furthermore, resistant bacteria frequently fix additional mutations during evolution in the absence of antibiotics. How do these...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Biological Evolution
• Culture Media
• DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
• Drug Resistance, Bacterial
• Environment
• Escherichia coli
• Escherichia coli Proteins
• Genotype
• Mutation
• Phenotype