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Experimental evolution reveals hidden diversity in evolutionary pathways.
eLife - 25 Mar 2015
Lind Peter A, Farr Andrew D, Rainey Paul B
Abstract excerpt
Replicate populations of natural and experimental organisms often show evidence of parallel genetic evolution, but the causes are unclear. The wrinkly spreader morph of Pseudomonas fluorescens arises repeatedly during experimental evolution. The mutational causes reside exclusively within three pathways. By eliminating these, 13 new mutational pathways were discovered with the newly arising WS types having...
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