Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. VIII. Dynamics of a balanced polymorphism

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-35

  Rozen, Daniel E ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Experimental evolution; Frequency dependent selection; Stable polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH RATE; METABOLITE; SURVIVAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034104460     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303299     Document Type: Article

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