Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. IV. Targets of selection and the specificity of adaptation.

doi:10.1093/genetics/143.1.15

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Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. IV. Targets of selection and the specificity of adaptation.

Genetics - 1 May 1996

Travisano M, Lenski R E

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This study investigates the physiological manifestation of adaptive evolutionary change in 12 replicate populations of Escherichia coli that were propagated for 2000 generations in a glucose-limited environment. Representative genotypes from each population were assayed for fitness relative to th...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Biological Evolution
Biological Transport
Cell Membrane
Culture Media
Escherichia coli
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Porins
Receptors, Virus
Selection, Genetic

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