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I thank S Mahadevan and the two anonymous referees for their critical comments on the draft.

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Chib, S. Continuous evolution of laboratory strains of bacteria and yeast. J Biosci 39, 605–607 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-014-9441-0

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