Variation in the propensity to diversify in experimental populations of Escherichia coli: Consequences for adaptive radiation

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 803-820

  Tyerman, Jabus ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Character displacement; Diversification; Escherichia coli; Growth curve analysis; Metabolism; Mutational bias

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955888713     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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