Spatial structure inhibits the rate of invasion of beneficial mutations in asexual populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1622, 2007, Pages 2139-2143

  Habets, Michelle G J L ^a   Czárán, Tamás ^b   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a   De Visser, J Arjan G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Rate of invasion; Spatial structure; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES INVASION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548035443     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0529     Document Type: Article

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