Plasticity of fitness and diversification process during an experimental molecular evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 502-509

  Kashiwagi, Akiko ^a,b   Noumachi, Wataru ^a   Katsuno, Masato ^a   Alam, Mohammad T ^a   Urabe, Itaru ^a   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistence of closely related genes; Diversification; Experimental molecular evolution; Glutamine synthetase gene; Interaction; Plasticity of fitness

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CELL INTERACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034985805     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010180     Document Type: Article

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