Experimental test of the contributions of initial variation and new mutations to adaptive evolution in a novel environment

Experimental evolution is an approach that allows researchers to study organisms as they evolve in controlled environments. Despite the growing popularity of this approach, there are conceptual gaps among projects that use different experimental designs. One such gap concerns the contributions to ad...

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Main Authors: Minako Izutsu, Richard E. Lenski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.958406/full