Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of E. coli

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6634, 1997, Pages 703-705

  Sniegowski, Paul D ^a   Gerrish, Philip J ^b   Lenski, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLONAL ANERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; NALIDIXIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION; MUTATION RATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030620273     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42701     Document Type: Article

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