Epistasis and frequency dependence influence the fitness of an adaptive mutation in a diversifying lineage

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2430-2438

  Le Gac, Mickael ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive mutation; Competitive environment; Diversification; Experimental evolution; Genomic background

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77953485587     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04664.x     Document Type: Article

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