Does experimental evolution reflect patterns in natural populations? E. coli strains from long-term studies compared with wild isolates

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 143-153

  Souza, V ^a   Travisano, M ^a   Turner, P E ^b   Eguiarte, L E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Experimental evolution; Genetic structure; Population genetics; Recombination; Wild isolates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 0036417675     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020594013195     Document Type: Article

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