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Radial Expansion Facilitates the Maintenance of Double Antibiotic Resistances.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 20 Aug 2020
Durão Paulo, Ramiro Ricardo S, Pereira Cátia, Jurič Jernej, Pereira Delfina, Gordo Isabel
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Most microbes live in spatially confined subpopulations. Under spatial structure conditions, the efficacy of natural selection is often reduced (relative to homogeneous conditions) due to the increased importance of genetic drift and local competition. Additionally, under spatial structure conditions, the fittest genotype may not always be the one with better access to the heterogeneous distribution of nutrients....
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