A common, non-optimal phenotypic endpoint in experimental adaptations of bacteriophage lysis time

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Optimality models of evolution, which ignore genetic details and focus on natural selection, are widely used but sometimes criticized as oversimplifications. Their utility for quantitatively predicting phenotypic evolution can be tes...

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Main Authors: Chantranupong Lynne, Heineman Richard H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/37