Toward the use of genomics to study microevolutionary change in bacteria.
Bacteria evolve rapidly in response to the environment they encounter. Some environmental changes are experienced numerous times by bacteria from the same population, providing an opportunity to dissect the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. Here I discuss two examples in which the patterns of rap...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2756242?pdf=render |