Experimental evidence for sympatric ecological diversification due to frequency-dependent competition in Escherichia coli

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-260

  Friesen, Maren L ^a,c   Saxer, Gerda ^b   Travisano, Michael ^b   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Diauxie; Experimental evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642388599     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01642.x     Document Type: Article

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