The roles of mutation accumulation and selection in loss of sporulation in experimental populations of Bacillus subtilis

Genetics

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 937-948

  Maughan, Heather ^a,c   Masel, Joanna ^a   Birky Jr , C William ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35549010554     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.075663     Document Type: Article

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