Evolution of competitive fitness in experimental populations of E. coli: What makes one genotype a better competitor than another?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Lenski, Richard E ^a   Mongold, Judith A ^a   Sniegowski, Paul D ^a,b   Travisano, Michael ^a,c   Vasi, Farida ^a   Gerrish, Philip J ^a   Schmidt, Thomas M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell size; Competition; Evolution; Fitness; Nutrient specificity; Selection

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031966353     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000675521611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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