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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-12-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/104 |