Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. Effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 743-769

  Souza, V ^a   Turner, P E ^b,c   Lenski, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex selection; Conjugation; Escherichia coli; Experimental evolution; Hitchhiking; Migration; Plasmids; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030609535     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050052     Document Type: Article

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