Hidden Randomness between Fitness Landscapes Limits Reverse Evolution
In biological evolution, adaptations to one environment can in some cases reverse adaptations to another environment. To study this “reverse evolution” on a genotypic level, we measured the fitness of E. coli strains with each possible combination of five mutations in an antibiotic-resistance gene i...
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American Physical Society
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65355 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4583-8555 |