Quantifying Selective Pressures Driving Bacterial Evolution Using Lineage Analysis

Organisms use a variety of strategies to adapt to their environments and maximize long-term growth potential, but quantitative characterization of the benefits conferred by the use of such strategies, as well as their impact on the whole population’s rate of growth, remains challenging. Here, we use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guillaume Lambert, Edo Kussell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.011016