Genetic drift and selection in many-allele range expansions.

We experimentally and numerically investigate the evolutionary dynamics of four competing strains of E. coli with differing expansion velocities in radially expanding colonies. We compare experimental measurements of the average fraction, correlation functions between strains, and the relative rates...

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Main Authors: Bryan T Weinstein, Maxim O Lavrentovich, Wolfram Möbius, Andrew W Murray, David R Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5728587?pdf=render