Adaptive radiation in a heterogeneous environment

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6688, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Rainey, Paul B ^a   Travisano, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIUM; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RADIATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032474853     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27900     Document Type: Article

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