Selection in a cyclical environment: Possible impact of phenotypic lag on Darwinian fitness

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-170

  Suiter, Amy M ^a   Dean, Antony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

argR; Cyclical environment; Darwinian fitness; Escherichia coli; Generation time; Phenotypic lag; Selection; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ARGININE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; KINETICS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24744449133     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0210-9     Document Type: Article

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