Experimental tests for an evolutionary trade-off between growth rate and yield in E. coli

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-251

  Novak, Maja ^a   Pfeiffer, Thomas ^a,b   Lenski, Richard E ^c   Sauer, Uwe ^a   Bonhoeffer, Sebastian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ATP production; Experimental evolution; Selection for growth rate; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GENETICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; YIELD;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33747363488     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506527     Document Type: Article

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