Article
Experimental tests of the roles of adaptation, chance, and history in evolution.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Jan 1995
Travisano M, Mongold J A, Bennett A F, Lenski R E
Abstract excerpt
The contributions of adaptation, chance, and history to the evolution of fitness and cell size were measured in two separate experiments using bacteria. In both experiments, populations propagated in identical environments achieved similar fitnesses, regardless of prior history or subsequent chan...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Glucose
- Maltose
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Temperature