Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. VII. Mechanisms maintaining genetic variability within populations

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1058-1067

  Elena, Santiago F ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Fisher's fundamental theorem; Frequency dependent selection; Mutation selection balance; Relative fitness; Within population variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0030759023     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03953.x     Document Type: Article

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