Article
Genome dynamics during experimental evolution.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Barrick Jeffrey E, Lenski Richard E
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary changes in organismal traits may occur either gradually or suddenly. However, until recently, there has been little direct information about how phenotypic changes are related to the rate and the nature of the underlying genotypic changes. Technological advances that facilitate whole-genome and whole-population sequencing, coupled with experiments that 'watch' evolution in action, have brought new...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Bacteria
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genome
- Humans
- Metagenome
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic