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Phenotypic convergence in bacterial adaptive evolution to ethanol stress.
BMC evolutionary biology - 3 Sept 2015
Horinouchi Takaaki, Suzuki Shingo, Hirasawa Takashi, Ono Naoaki, Yomo Tetsuya, Shimizu Hiroshi, Furusawa Chikara
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BACKGROUND: Bacterial cells have a remarkable ability to adapt to environmental changes, a phenomenon known as adaptive evolution. During adaptive evolution, phenotype and genotype dynamically changes; however, the relationship between these changes and associated constraints is yet to be fully elucidated. RESULTS: In this study, we analyzed phenotypic and genotypic changes in Escherichia coli cells during...
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