Persistence of costly novel genes in the absence of positive selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 536-543

  Escobar Paramo P ^a   Faivre, N ^a   Buckling, A ^b   Gougat Barbera, C ^a   Hochberg, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Coexistence; Competition; Food web; Genetically modified organism; Horizontal gene transfer; Kill the winner; Phage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PERSISTENCE; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES, BACTERIAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 60649089422     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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