Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in <it>Escherichia coli </it>following long-term evolution in a benign environment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In order to study the dynamics of evolutionary change, 12 populations of <it>E. coli </it>B were serially propagated for 20,000 generations in minimal glucose medium at constant 37°C. Correlated changes in various other t...

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Main Authors: Lenski Richard E, Wigginton Nicholas S, Sleight Sean C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/104