The Origins of Specialization: Insights from Bacteria Held 25 Years in Captivity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cooper, Vaughn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84895441609     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001790     Document Type: Article

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