Metabolic modelling in a dynamic evolutionary framework predicts adaptive diversification of bacteria in a long-term evolution experiment

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Großkopf, Tobias ^a   Consuegra, Jessika ^b,c   Gaffé, Joël ^b,c   Willison, John C ^b,d,e   Lenski, Richard E ^f,g   Soyer, Orkun S ^a   Schneider, Dominique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e DIF   (France)

^f Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive diversification; Experimental evolution; FBA; In silico evolution; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BACTERIUM; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84983047951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0733-x     Document Type: Article

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