Evolution in microbial microcosms is highly parallel, regardless of the presence of interacting species.

Abstract excerpt

Evolution often follows similar trajectories in replicate populations, suggesting that it may be predictable. However, populations are naturally embedded in multispecies communities, and the extent to which evolution is contingent on the specific species interacting with the focal population is still largely unexplored. Here, we study adaptations in strains of 11 different species, experimentally evolved both in...

Topics

• Biological Evolution
• Microbial Interactions
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Mutation
• Bacteria
• Evolution, Molecular