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Dissection of the mutation accumulation process during bacterial range expansions.
BMC genomics - 23 Mar 2020
Bosshard Lars, Peischl Stephan, Ackermann Martin, Excoffier Laurent
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BACKGROUND: Recent experimental work has shown that the evolutionary dynamics of bacteria expanding across space can differ dramatically from what we expect under well-mixed conditions. During spatial expansion, deleterious mutations can accumulate due to inefficient selection on the expansion front, potentially interfering with and modifying adaptive evolutionary processes. RESULTS: We used whole genome...
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