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The roles of history, chance, and natural selection in the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
eLife - 25 Aug 2021
Santos-Lopez Alfonso, Marshall Christopher W, Haas Allison L, Turner Caroline, Rasero Javier, Cooper Vaughn S
Abstract excerpt
History, chance, and selection are the fundamental factors that drive and constrain evolution. We designed evolution experiments to disentangle and quantify effects of these forces on the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Previously, we showed that selection of the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii in both structured and unstructured environments containing the antibiotic ciprofloxacin produced distinct...
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