Rapid compensatory evolution promotes the survival of conjugative plasmids

Mobile Genetic Elements

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Harrison, Ellie ^a   Dytham, Calvin ^a   Hall, James P J ^a   Guymer, David ^a   Spiers, Andrew J ^b   Paterson, Steve ^c   Brockhurst, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensatory adaptation; Experimental evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Individual based model; Transposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE MUTATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MODEL; PLASMID;

EID: 85019015118     PISSN: 21592543     EISSN: 2159256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159256X.2016.1179074     Document Type: Note

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