Microbial evolution in a simple unstructured environment: genetic differentiation in Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1093/genetics/137.4.903

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Microbial evolution in a simple unstructured environment: genetic differentiation in Escherichia coli.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1994

Rosenzweig R F, Sharp R R, Treves D S, Adams J

Abstract excerpt

Populations of Escherichia coli initiated with a single clone and maintained for long periods in glucose-limited continuous culture, become polymorphic. In one population, three clones were isolated and by means of reconstruction experiments were shown to be maintained in stable polymorphism, alt...

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Acetates
Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Biological Transport
Clone Cells
Energy Metabolism
Environment
Escherichia coli
Glucose
Glycerol
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mutation
Polymorphism, Genetic

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