Negative frequency-dependent interactions can underlie phenotypic heterogeneity in a clonal microbial population

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Healey, David ^a   Axelrod, Kevin ^b   Gore, Jeff ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; evolution; frequency dependence; phenotypic heterogeneity; stochastic gene expression

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING; GAME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WILD TYPE; ADAPTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLONAL EVOLUTION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GAME THEORY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 84983732286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/msb.20167033     Document Type: Article

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