Hotter is better and broader: Thermal sensitivity of fitness in a population of bacteriophages

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-430

  Knies, Jennifer L ^a,b   Kingsolver, Joel G ^a   Burch, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Exponential temperature dependence; Hotter is better; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BAYES THEOREM; GENOTYPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROVIRUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 63449112107     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597224     Document Type: Article

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